OT: Less / Fewer in NCAA 2010
I'm by no means a grammar nazi, but really, how hard is it to get less / fewer right? I just got NCAA 2010 in the mail, and on the gameplan screen (the one where you choose between being Aggressive / Normal / Conservative), the game mentions that adopting a conservative defense will give up "less big plays".
Honestly, how does this happen? Was there not a single tester that looked at that and was like, hunh, that's a mistake?
Use "fewer" when you can count the the items in question, like "big plays" or "pounds Weiss has gained in the off-season".
Use "less" when you cannot count the individual items in question, like "girth of any combined 5 average Americans versus Weis".
My wife hates that too. I should have less conversations with her.
When people use the word "irregardless."
It simply isn't a proper word in the English language and its use should be stamped out.
Dictionary.com helps out:
irregardless
an erroneous word that, etymologically, means the exact opposite of what it is used to express, attested in non-standard writing from 1912, probably a blend of irrespective and regardless.
ERRONEOUS!
Another big peeve, while we're at it: spelling definitely "definately" - COME ON - use spell check!
I wonder if the Grammar Gods will allow humanity to trade "irregardless" for "ginormous" and a word to be uttered later?
Trickeration is by far the fake sports word that I am most tired of. I don't know where it originated but if any play that is considered even slightly out of the ordinary happens this word will be uttered, guaranteed.
Why is running the ball so hard?
Anyone know what gamertag to enter for 360 to get them?
I refuse to begin my reign of terror with michigan until I have roster names.
I hate that too!
I heard that www.freecollegerosters.com will give you rosters and sometimes make height/weight adjustments. Havent played 2010 yet, is it a lot better than 09?
I just found this:
PS3: eascncaa10
360: EASCNCAA10
See if it works.
Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090713230650AAcN6ZG
that doesn't give names, it just updates rosters and attributes. ive already tried it. its released by EA and they can't release any real player info.
I am so glad you brought this up. For the past three or four editions, there has been a Herbstreit audio clip that occasionally plays after a big gain. It goes like this:
"Blah blah blah. You can't continuously give up big yards like this and expect to win."
YOU MEAN CONTINUALLY, YOU FROSTED-TIP ASS GOBLIN!
Continuously means occurring all at once. If you are cooking eggs and talking on the phone and wiping your butt at the same time, you are doing all of those things continuously.
When you frequently give up big yards on the ground, you are doing that continually, because "continually" means "often."
FUCK
Maybe the conservative defense does, in fact, give up "less big plays." As in, the plays it gives up are "less big" than if your defense was more aggressive.
You raise a very interesting point. I propose a scale for measuring less-big playness, from 1 to 10 with 10 being a perfectly destructive Stevie Brown approach angle.
Does prefacing a post with "I'm by no means a grammar Nazi" give me the ability to be a grammar Nazi without being labeled one?
Yes. Also it is acceptable to insult a person if you begin "With all due respect"
I appreciate the clarification.
The #1 grammar thing that bugs me is ignorance of the difference between its and it's. The rule is simple, yet large numbers of people can't seem to figure it out.
Its is the possessive form of it, akin to his, hers, ours, yours, etc.
Example: The tree lost its leaves.
It's is a contraction of "it is."
Example: It's sunny outside.
This really isn't complicated.
Inconceivable!
Yeah, by the standards of what most people accept as proper English, this is incorrect. However, we all know what the creators of the game meant, and language is shaped through social discourse, not by anything that is inherently right or wrong. Really.
"I could care less."
While we're on the subject, "your" all a bunch of "loosers."