Monkey's Grammar Lesson Part 1

Fewer.  Less.  Even my wife, whose grammar is typically impeccable, uses the wrong one sometimes.  MizzaReed posted this article about common grammar mistakes which... allegedly... aren't actually mistakes.  Well, lucky for you I'm here to correct them... your mistakes (don't look so appalled... I read your comments on FB) and the idiot who wrote the article.  Hey bozo, I'm reasonable and, rather than cry, I'd like to punch you in the face (#5)... literally (#1).

What's the difference, you ask.  To not ask would be rude (#3).  'Fewer' is used when referring to something quantitative; that is, a number of something.  If you can count individual items of a thing, use 'fewer'.  'Less' refers to something qualitative.  For a slightly repetitive example, one could posit that people who end sentences with prepositions have less intelligence and fewer IQ points than the average person (#5).  See?  Not so hard.

Bonus lesson: When someone asks "How are you?", it's shorthand for "How are you doing?" (#2).  You know, a verb.  Were you to reply, "I'm good!"... A) I may smack you, and B) 'good' is one of those adjectives, which describe nouns.  You might as well answer "My orange tastes great!"... when someone asks you how your apple tastes.

You're welcome.
~NCMSW?

Monkey makes a new word

Recursion is defined (loosely) as applying a function to an object, breaking it down into smaller parts and applying the same function... repeatedly, until a base case is reached and the recursion stops. It's often applied when searching sequential lists... break the list in half, repeatedly, until you reach a single number which either is or isn't the one you seek.

I could go into more detail, but I'm stipulating that most of you don't care that much... so I'll spare you. Stupid... I don't really need to define. At the least, it's a KIWISI; at most, it's a pain in one's a$$ every damn day. Into which category would you guess I fall? 'Why?' you ask, because of course your curiosity is getting the better of you. Let's talk about driving...

Allegedly, every state applies a test requiring sheeple to demonstrate a basic proficiency as a driver before being allowed to do so freely (i.e. with a license). Yet I'm not aware that parallel parking or merging are taught. For the former, if you can't do it... try picturing your car and the space from above. If that doesn't help, go valet. As for merging, they do it every day. You can't go anywhere without merging somewhere.

For something sheeple do every day... how do you not improve that skill? Am I underestimating their stupidity? Is it lack of motivation? Selfishness, as in who cares who else is on the road? Whatever the reason, it's unconscionable to not improve a skill you practice everyday AT ALL. There's just no excuse...

Clearly this was a rant... loosely based on today's ride home... and once again, I bury the lead. I'm proposing a new word: "recurstupid". It's definition is as follows: "A person or people who exhibit a lack of intelligence at every level and in every way, no matter the granularity with which the intellectual evaluation is applied."

All in favor say "Aye!" So sayeth the Monkey.

~NCMSW?