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0 pointszimpenfish5mo ago0 comments

I'm no expert but "We've been conditioned to accept that mediocre in government is normal." reads terribly.

Surely it should be "...that mediocrity in..." or even "...that mediocre government..." or even "...that being mediocre in...". All of those are better!

edit: this text is a mess. "It's time to upgrade, and fix the nation's digital potholes." That comma is nonsense.

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NekkoDroid5mo ago

> edit: this text is a mess. "It's time to upgrade, and fix the nation's digital potholes." That comma is nonsense.

I assume they wanted to look smart in the sense "look at us, we used the oxford comma" without actually understanding that the oxford comma needs 3 or more elements listed to be an actual oxford comma.

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NekkoDroid5mo ago

> edit: this text is a mess. "It's time to upgrade, and fix the nation's digital potholes." That comma is nonsense.

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