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> If I corrected all of the incorrect grammar I hear on a daily basis I'd be exhausted.

AmbiguousParseError: consider punctuation, or for 'on a daily basis' try 'throughout the day'.

> I'm not too polite to correct,

MissingObjectError: unknown direct object of 'to correct'.

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(Just kidding :))




I was really hoping someone would offer corrections! Thanks!


I don't actually agree with the corrections, though.

Those phrases are similar, but subtly different. It depends on whether you meant you hear them every day, but not always a lot... Or whether you hear them constantly throughout the day, every day.


Yeah, maybe 'each day' or something would have been a better fit - regardless, my preferred recommendation was a comma or two.

And mostly I really was just kidding, actively looking for anything to nitpick on in a comment talking about correcting people's grammar.

'to correct' without a (with an implied) direct object is also fine in colloquial speech, or internet comments.




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