• Billegh
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    52 months ago

    Yeah, not “incorrect,” just non-standard. The yardstick is: did your interpretation match the intended one? Clearly, he was able to get there so it’s firmly in “acceptable use.” Any further whinging about grammar is likely to just be construed as gatekeeping.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      I’m a prescriptivist and I think it’s fine. I suspect it might be a British vs American English thing.

      • LordWarfire
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        42 months ago

        As a native BrE speaker I’d say “I’ve X installed” is a little weird, fine in speech but written down it doesn’t look right. “I’ve installed X” is fine.

    • @mnemonicmonkeys
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      02 months ago

      The yardstick is: did your interpretation match the intended one?

      I think that’s just you. There’s a few examples of rules in English that aren’t required to get a point across, but sentences that break them sound grating. One such example is adjective order

      • Billegh
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        02 months ago

        I think you’re conflating correctness with comprehension. Even if it isn’t correct, you could still be understood.

        • @mnemonicmonkeys
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          -22 months ago

          Per your previous comment:

          Yeah, not “incorrect,” just non-standard. The yardstick is:

          Clearly, he was able to get there so it’s firmly in “acceptable use.”

          I’m not the one conflating the two concepts.