kung fu grippe: Some Long-Overdue Correctioning →
…Neat idea. It’s about time computer professionals demand people stop constantly (mis)using words like, “lockdown” and “pickup” as verbs.
Me? My pet peeve is, “pedantic.” I hate when people use that wrong.
As in, “Please permit me a few moments to pedantic your harmlessly…
Actually this is an interesting problem. The basic suggestion is that a preposition cannot incorporate into a verb phrase, and the site shows good enough evidence that these are not incorporated verb phrases. Interestingly, though, incorporation of prepositions onto verbs does occur in English, as in look + over = overlook. So perhaps the solution, if you are going to attempt to use log + off as a singular phrase, is to offlog.
Of course, really these people are just arguing about orthography, not usage. Use the space or don’t, it doesn’t matter.
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And the list sounds like...Daft Punk song. www.dothedaft.com/app
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I’m still allowed to get annoyed
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put it another way… Actually...interesting problem. The basic suggestion is that
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