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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Proper usage of ‘s.

Guy joined my team a few years ago and uses ‘s for literally everything, and now most of the team does it too.

It bothers me every time, and I’ve typed corrections into the message box so many times but never hit send.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

uses ‘s for literally everything

literally everything

literally

I've got news for you.

Okay, honestly, I do have a choice each day about which tickets I work in which order, and 'literally' isn't the only reason a ticket will be the Very Last one I schedule. There's also 'emails', 'the ask', 'the spend', and a list of other pathetic Used Car Salesman words.

And I don't want to stand in the way of people's success; especially when they don't know their nouns from their verbs and are just trying to get through the day before their crayons run out. But people who can use words property will get a bonus of being first.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, I actually debated whether to say “literally”.

I typically hate that word too. But I wanted to convey that it’s a constant thing, not a fluke. He thinks it’s a “literary rule”. So using “literally” seemed… “literally” appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Lmao

😣 Did you, @[email protected] ? Are we to believe that you have no ass, because of laughing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At this rate, this thread is gonna become deep and pedantic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

It's turtles all the way down, my friend.