Does anyone want to organize a globally synchronized toilet flush here on Reddit?

nebfeega · 3 months

I'm trying to reel in as many Indians as I can.

You can't do this without us. We control a sixth of the world's population, plus Indian food.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 4 months

That's really the whole point of this post. The 'highest' rated phrases are those that have grammatical errors in them so that they don't get the message across. The lower rated phrases are acceptable.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

Heh, it does have that effect on people. It's probably the 'kindly' bit that did the trick.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

Heh, I guess I just pay a lot of attention to writing style when I read :)

iammolotov · 5 months

I don't think that's a particularly well-constructed sentence. These are some alternatives:

"Before... traffic fatalities were at about 1,300 a year; after, they dropped to 600 - less than half the original number."

"Before... traffic fatalities were at about 1,300 a year; after, they dropped to 600 - a decrease of more than half the original number."

"Before... traffic fatalities were at about 1,300 a year; after, they dropped to 600 - a decrease of more than 50%."

Incidentally, 'fatalities' is also spelled wrong in the article.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

From what I could find online, that seems to be correct. But I'd go with "set an exam".

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

You know, for someone who uses exclamation and question marks with such gleeful abandon, you do seem eager to judge :)

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

Using an apostrophe to indicate plurals of letters is perfectly acceptable. See the links below:

Merriam-Webster

Oxford Dictionaries

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

I would use 'take an exam' in place of 'give an exam'.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

This is fascinating. Where can I learn more?

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

That's true. Several errors like 'giving an exam' occur because of the direct mother-tongue translation.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

Horrifying structure, but judging from your well-written comment in response to someone else, you're clearly trolling :)

Thanks, I hope many people do learn from it.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

I've never taken a course related to writing. I guess I always pay a lot of attention to writing style when I read.

I don't make a living out of writing, though I'd love to be a writer. I'm a software developer.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

I see what you did there.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

And did you find any? :)

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

Could you elaborate on that? How do you think I could organise it better?

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

No need to apologise :P

If you like it, tell all your friends about it :)

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

Thanks, I didn't know that.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

I certainly will. 'Khaki' is another example I know of.

IReallyCantHelpIt · 5 months

To each his own.

This blog is meant to educate, really. You may find no problem with using words like 'time-pass' but there are others who might if they realised that the usage was exclusively Indian.

As for 'pass out', you've answered your own question. Did you spend time with your friends before you graduated from college, or did you spend time before you fainted (possibly from physical exertion or drunkenness)?

As you said, this is not the kind of language you would use in a formal context, but there are several millions of people who do exactly that (especially 'pass out'), and suffer because of it.

That the blog is boring is your opinion, and I'll certainly work on making it more interesting.

Whether the people who need this blog read it depends on who hears about it, and that depends on how I (and other people) promote it. By posting it on Reddit, I've probably reached at least a few people who could use some of the information I've presented.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'plugging', but if it means I'm forcing Reddit to read my blog, well, the title of this post clearly says what the site is about. You don't have to click the link if you don't want to read it.

IReallyCantHelpIt

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