What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!
That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"
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The Oxford comma.
That was my first thought as well, but it's not pointless, so I don't think it belongs in this thread.
It... just makes sense?
Eats bushes and leaves
Eats bushes, and leaves
Eats, bushes, and leaves.
I’m so irritated because I allowed myself to get out of the habit. I worked at a place for eight years where the marketing department insisted on not using it as part of their style guidelines and we were all supposed to follow suit. I disagreed in principle (and actually I’m pretty sure the marketing director agreed with me, but was overruled by the executive director) but still had to adapt, and I guess eight years was long enough that I don’t automatically put it in anymore and it pisses me off that I now have to think about it.
I'll go a step further.
I regularly use
comma'scommas where they don't belong, just to reflect my speech patterns IRL.And, apparently, apostrophes too.
Dammit
I thought it was deliberate for the LOLs
Nope, I'm just a bit stupid from time to time.
This was the most refreshingly honest answer I've read in a long time. And it made me laugh. Thanks for both.
Seconded
This, but also I just use my native language punctuation rules and hope for the best.
A weird nit for me...but isn't that what ellipses are for? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis
Depending on context, ellipsis can indicate an unfinished thought, a leading statement, a slight pause, an echoing voice, or a nervous or awkward silence.
Woah, woah, woah. Let's not get too carried way here. Some things we just shouldn't talk about.
I know it’s a touchy subject. I’m sorry :(
New find.
I also realised that it could actually be useful in this Grammarly page. The last section "Oxford comma confusion".