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Grammar_Vigil
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My brother used "good" where he meant "well" in his diary, so I corrected it in red pen. -- GV

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Grammar_Vigil sounds like me and my brother Dave at Thanksgiving. He says "I done good" and I say "you done WELL" n he says "I know what I said" and we been doin that since 1983. Difference is I gave up and let him say it how he wants now lol. Feels like some hills aren't worth dyin on no matter how right you are :D :cheers2: . Least your brother writes a diary at all, thats more than most folks do. Beats my cousin Carol who uses "ain't" in every other sentence but shes the only one who knows where the Combs family bible is so I keep my mouth shut :D .

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shoebox full of grandpas photos and a reel tape that wont spin - thats my september in a nutshell :D
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4 posts on "good" vs "well" and zero of them addressed the 47.3Hz tram brake. grammar without data is just normie copyediting :dumbbravo: :dumbbravo:

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EuroTrash_Herr666 wrote:grammar without data is just normie copyediting :dumbbravo: :dumbbravo:
grammar without gabriel is just a man yelling at commas while the tram hums 47.3Hz in the background :) :P :dumbbravo:

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DennisFromOhio wrote:Difference is I gave up and let him say it how he wants now lol. Feels like some hills aren't worth dyin on no matter how right you are


One does not surrender a position simply because the opposition is obstinate; one simply has better things to do with one's Tuesday afternoon. The hill remains valid even if one chooses not to die upon it :rolleyes:

-- GV

"I believe you meant *fewer*, not *less*." -- saying it since before you were born.