…… A quick grammar note

[Dennis Olson]

The above mindset is exactly how this nation got where it is today. Nobody wants to pay attention to detail, nor uphold any standards -- except how they feel about things.

Agreed. “Feelz” trumps all else.

 

[flying screwdriver]

Technically, LED is Light Emitting Diode. Just saying

The tech read the schematic which led him to solder the LED with lead to the leader wire.
Did I read that right?

 

[bw]

Did I read that right?

Yeah, because reading left gets the words all backwards.

 

[Dennis Olson]

If you read it backward, it says “hail satan”.

 

[FireDance]

Wait until we go through the J. Xiden school of language and grammar before getting all hot on this.

It will ALL be correct.

 

[Warthog]

I have seen this over and over for months now; it's driving me up the wall. It's not just here either, it's prevalent throughout online media as well. It's like the english-speaking world is falling into illiteracy.

The past tense of the verb "to lead" is LED, not LEAD: I will lead, I am leading, I led.

The "lead" that rhymes with "led" is the name of the elemental metal.

The only LED i like is a little LED for my head!

 

[fish hook]

Must be Dennis's day off.

 

[Vulture45-70]

the cat creeped in, took a crap, then crept out

 

[ainitfunny]

Dennis, your post #73 puts this whole topic very well, in just five sentences.

But should not the very first word have been "clearly", rather than "clear"? (: (:

Actually, NO. As I read it? As he wrote it, Dennis is bringing attention to the poorly written product and its potential to "miscommunicate“ an idea, causing problems for both the reader and writer.
That may have been more obvious with a comma after the word clear. The word clear (adjective) refers to /(modifies) the word communication, not the word written.