Re:Google launches new vulnerability reward platform
by neolog on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:52AM
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Ehh.
"extremely valid" is slightly off.
"extremely agree" is comical but definitely not standard US English.
Re:Google launches new vulnerability reward platform
by OJFord on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:10PM
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Well, 'valid' is comparable (more valid, less valid, etc.). I don't think it can be said that it's incorrect grammar.
It's just an unusual pairing, and 'extremely' is so much of a 'stronger' word that it's got that humourous edge.
Not in formal writing, sure, but it wouldn't make me think the speaker's struggling with English, if anything the opposite - a good command of it and able to twist it in fun ways.
Completely off-topic comment follows, but I find lingustics interesting, am a native (Br) English speaker, and think it's worthwhile to reassure someone they're foreign language skills are fine.
Yes, it's good. (It's extremely valid :wink:). It has a slightly comical flair to it - not sarcastic, just certainly not formal. You could push it further to 'I extremely agree', which is more debatable but as long as they realised you were 'being ironic' nobody would say 'hey that's extremely invalid English' or anything.
Only one thing wrong: characterise (oxendict be damned!) and incentivise are spelt (not spelled) with an 's'. :British-trollface: