Following on from the last English Tip, this one continues the theme of mistakes with countable and uncountable nouns. Today’s tip covers the words amount and number.
Consider the following sentence from someone describing an asteroids shooter:
As the levels progress, a larger amount of asteroids come at the player from all directions.
This is almost a well […]
In the last English Tip, I talked about countable and uncountable nouns. That was the groundwork for today’s tip: proper use of the words fewer and less.
One mistake I see repeatedly across the internet is the improper use of less. On any given day I will see multiple instances in forum posts at GameDev.net, in […]
A very, very basic concept of most languages is that of countable and uncountable nouns. Most native English speakers likely understand the difference, but a great many of them misuse vocabulary asscociated with each type of noun. I’ll be getting to the misuse issue in later posts. This post will serve as background material for […]
One of the most common spelling mistakes I see online, the one that annoys me more than any other, is this: l-o-o-s-e. Obviously, loose is spelled correctly in the previous sentence. As an adjective it is most often the antonym of tight. As a verb, like the title of this post demonstrates, it means to […]
Language, not the programming variety, is very important in any professional endeavor. If you do not have the ability to speak your native language properly, some of the people with whom you interact will not take you seriously. They may make mental notes questioning your intelligence in addition to your professionalism. It’s a fact of […]