What the hell is a “Turkish towel”?

a balance needs to be made as the article states if the rules get in the way it can hinder communication and annoy people but the opposite can be equally true ditching the rules completely and chalking everything up to an evolving language can do just as much damage to communication as a whole just look at this…

What a surprise. A Lifehacker grammar article I completely disagree with. With which I completely disagree. I mean who is this article for? For WHOM is this article? Damnit.

What do you call the growing population on the opposite end who willingly toss out the rule book and chalk up all horrible writing under the guise of it adapting and growing? I’m all for not being overly strict with the rules (ie. I intentionally say stupid things such as “going to get your hair did”) but I’m also…

There’s still no such thing as try AND. It’s TO. Or HONE in. It’s HOME. So many don’t know the difference between BETWEEN and AMONG. Or FURTHER and FARTHER. That includes English profs and attorneys. If that mkes me a syntax snob, so be it.

xlookup(“house”,a:a,d:d)

Sooooo, Tivo’s “recovery plan” is to piss off all their customers.... ><

Wonderful point, Kevin. I think that this article is really an effort to make other less articulate workers feel comfortable and included. I was always taught in grade school to figure out a words meaning through context, and if I am still unsure, there is a handy reference called a dictionary. They even have them…

I get the idea of calling folks on being pretentious, however dumbing down your language skills so you don’t appear to be elitist is short-minded. Yes some people get offended because I use words they don’t understand but this in English and not everything needs to be expressed solely in lyrics from a country or rap…

i heard that timon and pumbaa steal the show.

No idea what you are saying. Learn proper English and sentence structure.

$9M is meaningless to a company like Comcast. To them it’s the equivalent of a rounding error.

You’re definition of ‘several’ needs some adjustment.

Hundreds of millions, or nearly a billion.

But not, several million. That’s like 3-6 million tops.

No. They taste like eggs. Seriously, how much do you think you're supposed to use?

This is absolutely false. Introversion and extroversion have to do with what level of human contact energizes you. Plenty of introverts are social and pleasant, they just need time alone to “recharge” after a lot of socialization. Extroverts are genuinely energized by human contact.

Please do not take your shoes off on the plane.

So they found the source?

You realize this is for snail mail, right?

@scokar: That's the kind where you just stick a paperclip or a small screw driver or a wire hanger into the hold. There's a little button inside the hole and you just push on it and voila! If you're super worried about it, why don't you and your wife take turns locking yourselves inside a room while the other one…