Re: PPB: Poem for Kathy / Will Dockery

> Will Dockery wrote:
> [email protected] (Miguel Sucio) posted:
> 
>> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Miguel Sucio wrote:
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>> [snip]
>> 
>> If you're an American, the proper usage would be "when time permits."
>> 
>> How other countries around the world do it isn't really my problem.
>> 
>> Apparently it is your problem, given that you went out of your way to correct me and are still desperately clinging to the argument, even though my usage was perfectly valid.
>> 
> 
> 
> Valid where?
> 
> Definitely not in American English grammar.
> 
> "When time permits." is correct.
> 
> Glad to clear up your confusion, Miguel.
> 
> 



The only person who seems confused is you, with your delusional belief that the entire internet should obediently conform to American spelling and grammar simply because that's all you've ever known.
You've spent so long in your own little corner of Columbus that you've apparently mistaken it for the centre of the English-speaking world. It shows. Your writing has all the hallmarks of someone who's never encountered an audience beyond open mics and playing free gigs.
You never tire of boasting about clicks, as though page views are some grand measure of literary merit. They aren't. Curiosity isn't admiration, and traffic isn't talent. You seem incapable of grasping the difference between people clicking on something and people actually reading it.  You don't care, which is why you spam links constantly for clicks.
That's your fundamental misunderstanding: you confuse clicks with content. Plenty of people will slow down to look at a car crash. It doesn't mean they enjoyed the spectacle or wanted a second viewing.
If your writing inspired the enthusiasm you imagine it does, you'd have readers queuing up to buy your books and venues lining up to book your band. Instead, all you've really mastered is confusing visibility with success. 


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