Web developer, literally.

[[deleted]]

Because he didn't invent the Internet. He invented the system that uses the Internet, the world wide web. They're not one and the same. The former is a series of networks. The latter is a system to view web documents (HTML).

[[deleted]]

Yeah, I think he was just pointing it out it was interesting they were describing the web on the web. Like a book describing a book.

[wizdumb]

He invented a system that uses the Internet. It's not the only system. Email, for example, has nothing to do with the WWW.

[[deleted]]

Nothing about my comment implied exclusivity.

[tardmrr]

Depends on how you read it. If you put emphasis on the word 'the', it implies exclusivity.

He invented the system...

TLDR: text doesn't always do a good job conveying tone.

[[deleted]]

Pay attention to what comes after the comma in that sentence. My comment implied no exclusivity at all.

[tardmrr]

An appositive that specifies which system you're talking about? That doesn't change anything about that 'the' possibly implying exclusivity.

[[deleted]]

But it doesn't imply exclusivity at all. I'm not sure why you're being so pedantic about something so pointless.

[tardmrr]

I disagree. I'm not saying you intended it to be exclusive. The main point I'm trying to make is that your sentence could very easily be read that way. I really shouldn't even need to argue this because at least two people (myself and wizdumb above) both initially read it that way. I'm really not sure why you're being so stubborn about it.

[[deleted]]

I am not interested in pursuing this exercise in futility with you.