Hofmaimaier@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 day agoEarly accessfeddit.orgimagemessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1967arrow-down111
arrow-up1956arrow-down1imageEarly accessfeddit.orgHofmaimaier@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 day agomessage-square70linkfedilink
minus-squarefloquant@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 hours agoThat’s not being pedantic, it’s just wrong. Do you not call the order of words in a dictionary “alphabetical order”?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-29 hours agoOf course, but this is a 6? year old. Read the question as a child would. Put the following words in alphabetical order All fine, but if they don’t know the word “alphabetical” the clarification is… (The order they come in the alphabet) Confusing. “They” refers to the words and alphabet contains letters. If it had been “dictionary” and not “alphabet” then that would be clear.
That’s not being pedantic, it’s just wrong. Do you not call the order of words in a dictionary “alphabetical order”?
Of course, but this is a 6? year old. Read the question as a child would.
All fine, but if they don’t know the word “alphabetical” the clarification is…
Confusing. “They” refers to the words and alphabet contains letters. If it had been “dictionary” and not “alphabet” then that would be clear.
No I call them witchcraft