Obelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square111linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA fake Facebook event disguised as a math problem has been one of its top posts for 6 monthswww.engadget.comObelix@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square111linkfedilink
minus-squaremagz :3@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoon that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-227 days agoPeople try and use commas for this sort of clarification and are eviscerate for it. With these sort of math problems, the rules are taught early and then all subsequent math is written in an unambiguous form. Language has the oddity of going the other way around where the rules get more complex as a display for advanced skills.
minus-squaregamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoThis is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.
on that note, can we please have parentheses in language. i keep making ambiguous sentences
People try and use commas for this sort of clarification and are eviscerate for it.
With these sort of math problems, the rules are taught early and then all subsequent math is written in an unambiguous form.
Language has the oddity of going the other way around where the rules get more complex as a display for advanced skills.
This is why grammar is important, and “grammar nazis” are the only good kind of nazis.