"that allows a telescope to photograph planets from 50,000 kilometers away"

The Grammar Nazi emailed me and said that although he understands what you were trying to say, you got it wrong.

I love when grammar nazis don't actually look up the point they're trying to make, to make sure they're right. See no. 2 under tr.v. (transitive verb).

mat 2 (măt)
n.
1. A decorative border placed around a picture to serve as a frame or provide contrast between the picture and the frame.
2. also matte
a. A dull, often rough finish, as of paint, glass, metal, or paper.
b. A special tool for producing such a surface or finish.
3. Printing See matrix.
tr.v. mat·ted, mat·ting, mats
1. To put a mat around (a picture).
2. To produce a dull finish on.
adj. also matte
Having a dull finish.

(Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.)

Matte is an adjective not a verb. It describes the type of black.

You have painted your bike uniformly matte black.



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Pleeze 'scuse the "Grammar Nazi-ism"

I'm usually not that much of a grammar nazi, but it is "en masse".

I suppose I'm a grammar nazi, but I think fair call. That's what you get for listening to hip-hop and trying to sound "cool"

I mean, it's staring you there in the face. Either pronounce it properly or GTFO.

Actually, according to the OED.com effect can be a verb:

a. To bring about (an event, a result); to accomplish (an intention, a desire).

e.g.: "The requirement that a life assurance contract could be effected only if an insurable (financial) interest could be proven."

Did I just out-grammar nazi you?

>> ^JiggaJonson:

@messenger
Incorrect, you can not "effect" anything. Again, it's a noun. Many nouns can function as verbs, 'I feel love," with love as a noun vs "I love you," with love as a verb, but in this instance there is a spelling distinction that denotes the different forms of the word.
Through the use of a be-verb, you can use the forms of the word in the way you suggest with a little rewording. It would have to say "Except when you have an effect on an affect," to be correct. The use of the to-have verb creates a situation where the words that follow will function as nouns.
See also: http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/misspelling/effect.png

Except when you effect an affect.

--Grammar Nazi Nazi>> ^JiggaJonson:

I just want to point out that the Youtube title of this video "SEE THE AFFECTS OF BATH SALTS!!!" should use the noun form of effect (with an E).
I affected the effect of this sentence.
Affect = verb
Effect = noun
Grammar nazi awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I just want to point out that the Youtube title of this video "SEE THE AFFECTS OF BATH SALTS!!!" should use the noun form of effect (with an E).

I affected the effect of this sentence.
Affect = verb
Effect = noun

Grammar nazi awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

I am not a grammar nazi. I think the english language is and should be fluid. Informally, I speak and write to be understood. I have enough education and academic degrees to have the intellectual freedom to ignore a mere spellchecker when I see fit.

Now, irregardless of that, would you care to comment on the issue at hand?>> ^Fade:

Using the word "irregardless" without even the slightest hint of irony should be a capital offence. Your spell checker tells you it's wrong fer christs sake.

Its stupid to terrorize the cop. The chief of police and before her the chancellor ordered the police to do it. Stop crapping on the poor little people. If you dont want to be a moron about this, then do this to the chancellor who gave the order and not to the dumb cop who is just as broke and 99% as everyone else.

and oh

Yet another pointless grammar nazi comment.
>> ^shuac:

>> ^Morganth:
Flooding someone's email, personal, and home phones constitutes criminal harassment. Ordering multiple pizza's to be delivered to them not only is also harassment, but may also qualify for some forms of identity theft.
1) I'm pretty sure Videosift does not allow videos that promote & are intended to propagate crime
2) You really want to counter their injustice with your own crimes and harassment? That would only be giving them fuel and reason to crack down harder. There's no way this actually came from anonymous.

Pluralizing the word 'pizza' by using an apostrophe-s is also wrong but, to my chagrin, we have no prohibition against it.