No, really. It is early on Saturday morning as I am watching the BoSox about to beat the Angels. I can handle it. You can nitpick the OP all you want to. You may decide to nitpick a later post. Go ahead, I can take it.
If this has been done before, I couldn’t find it on search, but I didn’t look very hard.
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How do you know you can really take it?
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Not to nitpick or anything, but you’ve misplaced your modifier – that should be “you really can take it.”
Not to disagree pointlessly or anything, but maybe you shouldn’t assume that I was not in fact attemtping to distinguish betwixt the ‘real’ world and some other variant.
Misplacing a modifier is as horrible as losing a lagomorph.
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Misplacing a modifier is as horrible as losing a lagomorph.
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I’m sorry, I just have to disagree with you there. Misplacing a modifier is considerably less horrible than losing a lagomorph. I still miss mine.
Technically, your lagomorph has not been lost. Mr Floppy’s current location is known and can be verified if you wish to go out into the backyard with a shovel.
If this has been done before, I couldn’t find it on search…
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Nitpick: The “then” part of your statement does not logically follow the “if” part. Your assertion is, IF this has been done, THEN I could not find it. In fact, even if this has not been done, you still could not find it. All possible states of the IF condition give the same THEN condition. Your IF clause is therefore redundant.
My favorite nitpick in real life goes like this:
Unsuspecting Pal: “I’m going to the bar tonight, if you want to join me.”
Me: “If I don’t want to join you, are you still going?”
UP: “Dick.”