rene wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 27, 2023 1:35 am
I like your wife.
Yes, and it’s amazing she likes me anyway, ain’t it? 🤷
rickNS wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:15 am
Question, what's worse than the grammar police? Answer, just about nothing.
You probably meant “Answer: Just about nothing”, but I’m not going to say that as it’d be too, you know, spectrum-y.
rickNS wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:15 am
Yes, it must have been a slow day, for knit-picking such things when the meaning is clearly known to all is just blanking blank...
Indeed—and 99% of the time I
do ignore such things. But see, Mint is so great, I want it to look as good as possible—including to some of the über-picky computer peeps I’ve known (and it’s been a pleasure nonetheless, really), as I know they'd deeply dig Mint, but some of them (incorrectly) connect such trivial things as website copy with software quality. So in this case, my motives are good 'n' Minty.
rickNS wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:15 am
Please don't read anything I write as I don't much care about whether I am 100% correct to an English professor, as long as it's readable. Not being paid by the word, and I have bigger things to worry about.
Wisely put! Content
creation is always most important—and you can't do that when you're worried about details. When I write music, documentation or creative copy, I try to turn off my editor brain completely. Going back and touching stuff up is just like the janitor coming in and sweeping after the work's done. (No offense to any janitors reading this... It's just a metaphor.)
rickNS wrote: ⤴Mon Mar 27, 2023 6:15 am
Lastly, and frankly having a period, or a comma after reliable just plain looks better than that double dash, which may be more correct, but does not improve readability.
I won’t even go back and look at what you referred to, as I trust your judgment. ☺️👍