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Doin' It Rong

Nate Abele
Nate Abele

This document provides definitions and examples for commonly confused words such as: - Depreciation vs deprecation - Tenant vs tenet - Alternate vs alternative - Route vs root - Accept vs except - Morale vs moral - Principle vs principal It also calls out incorrect usages of phrases like "for all intensive purposes" and non-words like "irregardless". The document emphasizes clearly communicating and using language properly.

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Doin' It Rong
A micro-talk about pedantry by Nate Abele (@nateabele).
Depreciation noun - a reduction in the value of an asset with the passage of time, due in particular to wear and tear. - decrease in the value of a currency relative to other currencies : depreciation leads to losses for nondollar-based investors | a currency depreciation.
Deprecation noun - to express earnest disapproval of. - to urge reasons against; protest against (a scheme, purpose, etc.). - Archaic: to pray for deliverance from.
Tenant noun a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
Tenet noun a principle or belief, esp. one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy : the tenets of classical liberalism.
Dont reinvent the f**king wheel; Use SPL (Im looking at you, people who write directory iterators). - Elizabeth Marie Smith
For all intensive purposes Srsly, WTF? Do your purposes concentrate on a single subject? Are your purposes compressed into a short amount of time?? Are you trying to give your purposes a lot of force or emphasis?!?
Intents, its f**king intents Intents And Purposes like camping!
F**king enunciate! i.e. say or pronounce clearly
Alternate verb occur in turn repeatedly like zebra-striping table rows
Alternative adjective occur in turn repeatedly Synonymous with the other alternate (confusing!) But not that confusing, so f**king get it right! For example, an alternate route.
While were on the topic of routes...
Its route, not root. I dont care if youre Canadian.
Roots are the things at the bottoms of trees, and at the top of your directory structure.
Corollary: unlike root, a rut is what you get stuck in.
Accept verb consent to receive (a thing offered) : he accepted a pen as a present.
Except preposition not including; other than : naked except for my socks | they work every day except Sunday.
Perl
Need I f**king say more?
Morale noun the con鍖dence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time : their morale was high.
Moral adjective concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character
Principle noun a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning : the basic principles of Christianity.
Principal adjective 鍖rst in order of importance; main : the country's principal cities.
Ajax is not s**t moving around on the screen. S**t moving around on the screen is DHTML. - Ed Finkler
Irregardless
Irregardless is not a f**king word!
See the red dots/squiggles that appear under it when you type? Thats not for no reason.
Maybe youre thinking of irrespective?
Go thou and sin no more. * - Jesus * Approximate translation from the original Aramaic.

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Doin' It Rong

  • 2. A micro-talk about pedantry by Nate Abele (@nateabele).
  • 3. Depreciation noun - a reduction in the value of an asset with the passage of time, due in particular to wear and tear. - decrease in the value of a currency relative to other currencies : depreciation leads to losses for nondollar-based investors | a currency depreciation.
  • 4. Deprecation noun - to express earnest disapproval of. - to urge reasons against; protest against (a scheme, purpose, etc.). - Archaic: to pray for deliverance from.
  • 5. Tenant noun a person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.
  • 6. Tenet noun a principle or belief, esp. one of the main principles of a religion or philosophy : the tenets of classical liberalism.
  • 7. Dont reinvent the f**king wheel; Use SPL (Im looking at you, people who write directory iterators). - Elizabeth Marie Smith
  • 8. For all intensive purposes Srsly, WTF? Do your purposes concentrate on a single subject? Are your purposes compressed into a short amount of time?? Are you trying to give your purposes a lot of force or emphasis?!?
  • 9. Intents, its f**king intents Intents And Purposes like camping!
  • 10. F**king enunciate! i.e. say or pronounce clearly
  • 11. Alternate verb occur in turn repeatedly like zebra-striping table rows
  • 12. Alternative adjective occur in turn repeatedly Synonymous with the other alternate (confusing!) But not that confusing, so f**king get it right! For example, an alternate route.
  • 13. While were on the topic of routes...
  • 14. Its route, not root. I dont care if youre Canadian.
  • 15. Roots are the things at the bottoms of trees, and at the top of your directory structure.
  • 16. Corollary: unlike root, a rut is what you get stuck in.
  • 17. Accept verb consent to receive (a thing offered) : he accepted a pen as a present.
  • 18. Except preposition not including; other than : naked except for my socks | they work every day except Sunday.
  • 19. Perl
  • 20. Need I f**king say more?
  • 21. Morale noun the con鍖dence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time : their morale was high.
  • 22. Moral adjective concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character
  • 23. Principle noun a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning : the basic principles of Christianity.
  • 24. Principal adjective 鍖rst in order of importance; main : the country's principal cities.
  • 25. Ajax is not s**t moving around on the screen. S**t moving around on the screen is DHTML. - Ed Finkler
  • 27. Irregardless is not a f**king word!
  • 28. See the red dots/squiggles that appear under it when you type? Thats not for no reason.
  • 29. Maybe youre thinking of irrespective?
  • 30. Go thou and sin no more. * - Jesus * Approximate translation from the original Aramaic.