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Make Facebook Use Proper Grammar

Make Facebook Use Proper Grammar

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Started by Anonymous 19 years, 2 months ago
Dear Facebook: We, the undersigned, as members of the Facebook cause "The Fight Against Poor Grammar," formally ask of you to fix the site\'s grammar gaffes. As Facebook is a place millions of users read every day, it is only proper that the site employs correct grammar throughout its user interface. The following are some infractions we have noted: 1. In the news-feed, it should not read: "John Doe has updated their profile." This is an elementary subject-verb agreement error. Rather, it should read "John Doe has updated his/her profile" or, even better if Facebook can recognize the user\'s gender, just "John Doe has updated his profile." 2. The "Favorite Quotes" field on Facebook should optimally be called "Favorite Quotations," inasmuch as "quote" is generally viewed as a verb. 3. INFRACTION CORRECTED. [For the benefit of everyone, please remove \"is\" from status updates. People use the verb form of \"to be\" too much already. Why can\'t we choose nice action verbs instead of having to fit \"is\" into it Instead of \"Bob is loving his new car,\" why can\'t we just say \"Bob loves his new car\"] Further infractions will be found and posted here as we come upon them.

Updates

October 13, 2007

The signature count has surpassed the threshold required to trigger a formal review of our demands by the company communications office. I am currently drafting a letter to the engineering team highlighting the specific subject-verb agreement issues outlined in our proposal. We will move this documentation to their attention by the end of the week.

Reached 100 supporters

October 13, 2007

6 Comments

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Linda Santana
19 years ago Featured

so tired of seeing these errors. how hard is it to just use correct pronouns???

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David Taylor
19 years ago Featured

people already have bad enough grammar as it is, facebook doesnt need to make it worse by showing us bad examples

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Mike Sullivan
19 years ago Featured

about time someone said something. basic english should be the standard for a site this big

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Jessica Weber
19 years ago Featured

YES PLEASE. fix the quotes thing too it sounds so wrong when i type it out

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Sarah Turner
19 years ago Featured

its so annoying how they use their incorrectly constantly. drives me crazy when i see it on my feed everyday

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Kevin Rodriguez
19 years ago Featured

not the biggest deal in the world but it would look way more professional if they actually understood how to write sentences

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