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Please do. Especially if I have "grammar matters" in big letters in those code headers and the code is about grammar.


Completely missing the point, Mr. Know-it-all.


Weird that you call me Mr Know it all when i have already said that my grammar is terrible.

You're missing the point - when a person is complaining about other people's misuse of grammar, and does so on a webpage that has "grammar matters" in big letters at the top, they really need to make sure that their grammar is not blatantly incorrect. Obvious errors discredit the point they're trying to make.

See also Skitt's law. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-...


You're missing the point. The author is really talking about Amazon suppressing creativity in the written word. If you're going to take issue with the title, you should probably go with the "should be a title more in line with this theme". Clearly the title is hanging people up.


No, he is not talking about suppressing creativity at all. If he was, he wouldn't argue that his usage of hyphens was defensible as "correct" per the OED.

If it was a creative issue, he'd simply say "it is a stylistic choice, what else do you need from me to re-activate this ebook for sale?"


Yep. Amazon is suppressing books that probably shouldn't be suppressed, but it's not because of the creative aspects of them.




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