• mrdown@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        The post is about american army losses so naturally the I am called them terrorists not the iranians

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            3 days ago

            It is obvious but since there is people like you who can’t think a bit more I have to edit

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                3 days ago

                I am not. The article and photos only mention the usa army cadualities. Everybody should be able to makes such simple connection

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                  3 days ago

                  When you’re clearly not talented enough in writing to effectively convey your thoughts unambiguously (even after editing your initial comment), I don’t think you have a leg to stand on when defending against the “being a jerk” accusations when you respond as you did to someone having misinterpreted you.

                  This being said I don’t think your ability to speak/write English shows any indication of your intelligence, but when you insult someone for not interpreting your poorly worded comment correctly, it’s safe to say you’re being a fucking jerk.

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      2 days ago

      I choose to believe you are being downvoted for incorrectly choosing between “less” and “fewer”.

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        2 days ago

        Supporting death: fine

        Minor grammatical mistake: that’s a line you can’t cross

        That’s why I love this place

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          We support the end of the killing. The end of the killing requires stopping the killers. Sometimes those killers are so insistent in their killing that they need to be killed to stop the killing. We desire the end of war, but the enemy desires war. Thus, ending war requires war, because the enemy will bring it to us.

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        3 days ago

        I don’t care about downvotes.what is the difference between using less and fewer?

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          3 days ago

          Fewer is for countable nouns, like 4 apples is fewer than 10 apples.

          Less is for uncountable nouns, like Lake Placid has less water than Lake Superior.

          It can be confusing because you could find a way to express the same idea using either, like Lake Placid has fewer drops of water, or fewer liters of water than Lake Superior, be sure “drops” and “liters” are discrete countable nouns. But water as a noun covers any amount. Similarly less snow versus fewer inches of snow, or less money versus fewer dollars.

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            3 days ago

            Downvoting for grammatical errors is weird but anyway not a big deal. I would not downvote people who do the same errors in my mother tongue

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              3 days ago

              Sorry. I was making a little joke. I genuinely believe people were down voting you because they don’t believe that the American military is a terrorist organization. But since I agree with you, I was trying to come up with another explanation.

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        3 days ago

        I’m torn between up voting for the sentiment and down voting for the misspelled “you’re”.