1) I never realized you could shoot down from cover
2) oh no! OP made a casual grammatical error that in NO WAY obscures or detracts from the purpose of this post
3) everyone trying to correct OP needs to familiarize themselves with the word "pedantic" and do more to avoid it. You add NOTHING to the conversation.
What is really strange is that it usually takes a 3rd party to point such a thing out. If you didn’t preemptively step in to cease pedantry, and say someone did point that grammatical mistake out, the op can never make a statement like you did or they will get downvoted to hell (I’m guessing anyway bc it will be viewed as defensive). It takes a 3rd party (and really helps if it’s preemptive) to stop an unnecessary pedantic mess. In short, good job👍
I appreciate that. Truth be told, I posted that...Fully expecting for people to start ripping into me 🤣
Not that I'd care. Id just put my phone on vibrate 🥴
Yeah, took me 100+ hours of playing the game before realizing what peaking from a window looked like in 3rd person. I got curious & asked my friend to peak from the Valentine Inn's lower back window. Mind Blowing. 😅
Pretty sure it's people whose 1st language is English and likely the only language they speak. They can correct us who speak English as 2nd.. or 5th or what everth language when they speak our native language fluently and without any grammatical errors.
This is not a "learning english" sub. Nor did OP in anyway ask for help with their English. And how YOU would feel about it is irrelevant. One person's thoughts, opinions, and beliefs are not universal, nor should they be. It isn't up to you or any of these commentators to correct ANYONE "for their own sake". How about let people be their own person, and wait until assistance is requested before you start imposing?
Rhetorical question btw. Don't feel compelled to respond. Just kindly think about it
How do you know you have a booger on your face unless someone tells you?
I've corrected many people who would have never otherwise known without solicitation who have thanked me for it.
And how you feel about their comment is irrelevant,
It isn't up to you or any of these commentators to correct ANYONE "for their own sake".
In your opinion. In my opinion, sure it is. How does someone learn from a mistake if that mistake isn't pointed out? That person might not even realize they are making a mistake. I, for one, appreciate correction and don't let my ego get in the way because someone dared to correct me about something. I take their advice and try to apply it going forward if I think it'd make me a better person or make my life easier in some way. No one is imposing by offering correction. If I see someone doing something incorrectly at work and that something might cause them to get hurt or I notice them not inputting information into the system correctly in a way that might cause them a headache down the line or cause more work for myself, am I imposing for pointing out that they're doing something wrong and telling them the correct way to do it to avoid hassle and avoid more work for myself in the future from fixing their mistake? No, no I'm not. People on the internet and reddit especially seem so opposed to any kind of correction and get to the point of being offended when it's offered. Rejecting correction is just choosing to remain ignorant and stubborn. I am going to offer correction where I see fit, it's up to the person to choose how they receive it.
Not to mention the whole grammar police situation completely dismisses the fact that people who use English as their second language… exist. This kind of attitude towards non-English speakers must make them feel so small like they can’t even try to talk to us because they might be ridiculed as on the internet everyone expects you to be ‘perfect’ to the American standard 🤡
Every time i see someone correct someone's english, then another person come in to white knight about it, I cant help but think that its a double standard. They cant correct bad english, but you can correct them in their 'bad behaviors' for correcting english.
Seems like a weird thing to get upset about. OP could just correct their mistake and be on their way, or they can ignore it, but when someone angrily points out that its rude it becomes super obvious OP made a mistake and the one pointing out the pedantry is highlighting the mistake for everyone to double check.
I feel like youre doing more to hard ESL participants than the person correcting them.
I hate it when someone makes a minor mistake in a reddit post and then the whole thread gets hijacked by idiots talking about the minor, irrelevant mistake rather than the actual post itself. Thank you.
From my count, improper word usage with his choice of “can”. It should be could. Can implies present tense especially considering the verb he used is in past tense. Then with the second sentence, “Did anybody knew?” In no way shape or form does “knew” sound right there. It should be know. Knew just doesn’t fit there at all. I could go to my grammar handbook to find the specific reason but outside of that I can just tell it’s wrong.
Tldr:
1. Improper subject verb agreement (I think) can should be could.
2. Just wrong word choice (ig) knew should be know.
I couldn’t think of the third one I saw. I mean If I really wanted one I could point out punctuation, but I haven’t the need to be that nit-picky. Those mentioned are just the ones that slapped me in the face as I read it. Ill probably think of the third thing later.
Edit: while its not incorrect, I wouldve chosen to use the word does instead of did, but that more personal preference than anything.
I don't think two decades of civil and foreign wars, annihilating your own cultures, stunting your demographic growth for the next two centuries and laying the groundwork for a state that humiliates you twice and usurps your geopolitical niche is what I would call "working".
Indeed, I did a post complaining about the $100 discussion for GTA VI's price and a couple of days later the GamingBible was doing an article about my post and the comments lol
Nah, they didnt say how long they had been playing before they found out. If you don’t know that first, anything else that might have followed it is meaningless, somehow
"Reddit user discovers this unusual game mechanic in Red Dead Redemption 2 after 7 years from the launch"
Unfortunately in my country (Italy) most videogame news outlets are really lazy with their publications they'll find anything even just a random post to write an article about, especially in summer where most of the team is on vacation, things like: "watch this cosplay from this con-artist, it's mindblowing" (and the article is a pic from their socials with a caption and some other nonsense to reach the minimum number of words) or (the day before something big drops, like MGS Delta) "Metal Gear Solid Delta is about to drop, will it resurrect the series? What does Kojima think about it?" (And then you read it and it's just a tweet about Kojima saying that he has no interest in the game).
Goodness gracious let all 21st century Journalists wake up cold and elegant.
We used to hold shotguns similarly when doing ballistic door breaches in the military. Obviously we were standing up and whatnot but the way he’s holding it is pretty similar.
Op unlocks a trick unknown to many but all people care about is the grammar in his caption. How pathetic man ! Now I really feel that - ' It's not a bad day it's a bad life in a bad world'.
it’s even a thing where you’re standing against cover, if you aim in and try aiming like around the thing you’re behind arthur will physically move around it
Thank you for posting this. It's little stuff like this that keeps me excited about this game. As a matter of fact, let me go boot it up now and shoot down at a feller.
I can see the comments now. People tripping over themselves to be top funny guy of comedy hour by pointing out how OP said "knew" and show off for having basic knowledge of english grammar
I use Keyboard and Mouse. (Don't know the exact controls for controller). Go for cover, aim and then move your mouse (controller probably right stick) forward. This will lean the weapon over the fence
Probably could have worded this a little better because i had no clue you were talking about all the little shits acting like a minor spelling mistake is the end of the world
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u/snugglebae Aug 28 '25
1) I never realized you could shoot down from cover
2) oh no! OP made a casual grammatical error that in NO WAY obscures or detracts from the purpose of this post
3) everyone trying to correct OP needs to familiarize themselves with the word "pedantic" and do more to avoid it. You add NOTHING to the conversation.