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People who say "less" when they mean "fewer" ought to be turned into soup, the soup fed to baboons and the baboons fired into an active volcano. What has you grinding your teeth with rage, and why?

Suggested by Smash Monkey

(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 14:36)
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Feh.
I'm guessing you probably meant "Because education is not solely the responsibility of a school."

The paragraph beginning "The law states ..." is bordering on illegible. If you find yourself resorting to parenthesis like that then it's a good sign that you have your clauses in a muddle.

The subsequent paragraphs get progressively worse. Hyphens Dashes almost invariably mean "shit shit shit where do I put my comma where do I put my comma??"

If you're going to panic about literacy then you might want to start with your own. Physician etc etc.
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:30, 3 replies)
Muphry's law

(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:46, closed)
Also, I think you meant dashes, not hyphens.
please don't shout at me
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:48, closed)
Ha. You're absolutely right.
rule 7: all pedantry will contain errors
(, Thu 31 Mar 2011, 16:57, closed)
Ahem.
You might want a full stop at the end of the sentence.
(, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 14:10, closed)
^
I clicked 'reply' so that I could make these exact points. Thanks for doing if first.

also: "articulate themselves"
(, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 0:30, closed)

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