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What opinions do you have that you consider (shallow && pedantic)? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by cheese_greater@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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On accident

I kind of can't take people seriously when they say On accident, I don't know or care if its more or less grammatical, it sounds like a child sputtering in my mind. It should be By accident or accidentally

Tummy

Any adult has zero business saying this lol

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

A whole lot of grammatical and/or punctuation-related things.

A particular bugbear is people using "disinterested" when the word they mean and should (IMO) use is "uninterested".

I appreciate that "disinterested" has come to mean "uninterested" but since it has another, already established meaning, I wish people would use them correctly.

For what it's worth:

  • Uninterested - "that has no interest for me, I do not have interest in it."
  • Disinterested - "that may or may not have interest for me, but either way, I do not have an interest in it."
[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So I am uninterested in them, but we are disinterested in each other? Do I have that more or less right?

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Disinterested just means that you don't have any skin in the game, and can be impartial.

Eg, if you were in court you would want the judge to be disinterested, but you wouldn't want them to be uninterested :-)

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

Ah, that makes more sense thanks

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow that IS pedantic lol