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Cake day: November 25th, 2024

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  • It’s a *lot* better these days. Here’s how you could use it to improve the English in your comment:

    Can you point out and characterise the grammar mistakes in the following sentence, with tips on how the writer could avoid similar mistakes in future - “I must admit its been a while, but all these things where horrible last time i played with them.”

    Sure — that sentence has a few grammar issues, each pointing to a common kind of slip. Here’s the breakdown:

    1. “its been a while” → “it’s been a while”

    Mistake: “its” is a possessive pronoun (like his, her, their), while “it’s” is the contraction of “it has”. Fix: Use “it’s” because the writer means “it has been a while”.

    Tip: When in doubt, try expanding “it’s” to “it is” or “it has” and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it doesn’t, you probably want “its”.

    1. “where horrible” → “were horrible”

    Mistake: “where” (a location) is confused with “were” (past tense of are). Fix: Use “were” to correctly form the past tense of “to be”.

    Tip: Say it aloud—“they were horrible” sounds natural, while “they where horrible” doesn’t. If it’s a verb (they were), you want “were”.

    1. “i played” → “I played”

    Mistake: Lowercase “i”. Fix: Always capitalize “I” when it’s a pronoun referring to oneself.

    Tip: This is more about habit than logic—just train yourself to always type “I” in uppercase, even in casual writing.


    Full corrected version: “I must admit it’s been a while, but all these things were horrible last time I played with them.”




  • fraid I generated a tl;dr for this rather verbose article:

    “Home directories are a mess because too many apps ignore XDG spec and dump dotfiles everywhere. The problem isn’t just legacy software—new apps do it too, often out of ignorance or laziness. Windows has similar issues with profile folders. Fixing it requires devs to actually follow standards, but many resist due to inertia or ‘my way is better’ thinking. Users should push back and demand proper XDG compliance to keep $HOME clean.”