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I don't really know how to structure this question, but yeah, why is always Naval and never Aviation?

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[โ€“] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I believe you mean, "Even if you, 'down-vote,' my comment, I shall continue to correct people who have made that mistake."

[โ€“] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I meant exactly what I said, and it is grammatically-correct casual English. Unlike 'why in sci-fi they use Navy ranks?' Or any of the hundred other 'how to fix problem?' examples I've seen, over the last decade.

This is a growing error and I am doing the bare minimum to help people stop making it. I'd understand if you find it overly prescriptivist. I'd understand if my phrasing was somehow impolite or unhelpful. But I have nothing kind to say about people mocking the effort.

[โ€“] Default_Defect@midwest.social 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't you know? Correcting someone's grammar or spelling is ableist and you have to just try to understand the fountain of garbage that people spew or you're literally Hitler.

[โ€“] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago

noone likes a grammer nasi