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Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by jfengel on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:21PM (#30642875)
I see "poor grammar" in the context of people writing things that they would never say, and would mark as wrong if they were to read it out loud.

I also see "poor grammar" from non-native speakers. Including me: Duolingo was correct today when it told be that I shouldn't use "tu es" as a French subjunctive. No native speaker would say that. I just couldn't hear that what I typed was different from "tu aies" -- though I should have known from context.

You're absolutely right that much of what people tag as "poor grammar" is in fact a different dialect. It's perfectly natural to them and the people around them, following a set of rules that they know but may never have written down. They may evolve from mistakes that become persistent and thus valid in context.

Speaking in the wrong register or dialect is an error of its own -- not a grammatical one, but a semiotic one.

Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by robocat on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:13PM (#30643730)
FYI: Neither 'tu es' nor 'tu aies' make any sense to me (disclaimer: I have only learnt Spanish on the street). https://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/ser

Perhaps you were trying to write down what you heard? 99% of the time there is a single canonical translation from verbal to written and vice-versa; English speakers have trouble learning that for some reason.

Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by jfengel on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:26PM (#30643931)
Sorry, I should have provided context. This was French, not Spanish. (I've clarified it in the original comment.)

If it had been Spanish, transcribing it would be easier. French mooshes a lot of things together, so that "es" and "aies" are both pronounced "eh".

Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by hota_mazi on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:44PM (#30644229)
Note that they are two different verbs (to be and to have, respectively), so the context should have made it clear which one you should use.
Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by eyelidlessness on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:42AM (#30669186)
I don’t know much French at all but I do know my way around English in really silly ways, and it’s amusing to me to superimpose this distinction on an English language context. Because they’re two different verbs which we use in conjunction for one existential verb, which barely exists without recruiting other verbs. Having had this state of amusement, I will have left these thoughts for your future amusement if you’ll have them too.
Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by jfengel on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:31PM (#30644906)
Yep. It was completely clear. I just wasn't thinking clearly.
Re:A complete guide to TypeScript’s 'never' type by robocat on Friday March 11, 2022 @04:38PM (#30646345)
I think it is generally polite when editing to add something to show you edited it. Especially when you significantly change details, or if the change is due to a comment, otherwise the thread looks like nonsense.