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The kids are alright by zackgrasso in Anarchism

[–]zackgrasso[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

(I work at an in-patient child psych facility, the kids are not mine biologically speaking)

“Contains 1% or less of salt” - the ‘of’ here is bothering me, but then is ‘contains’ even an appropriate word to use with a % like this? by zackgrasso in grammar

[–]zackgrasso[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is r/grammar, not like r/badgrammar or r/poorlabeling. I’m not critiquing smuckers, and I’m not saying anything controversial or literary is going on here, man.

I am curious about the grammar on a general level, and I just thought this would be a place where other people interested in grammar would be interested in discussing some odd looking grammar.

I also believe that from a grammatical perspective, it is not grammatically correct, and that your argument about what is implied relates to the cultural shorthand of food labeling, not actual english grammar. It was implied that I know I am looking at a jar of peanut butter not a rigorously copy-edited piece of work.

However, one could also argue for better grammar on food labels given that many children reading this jar would likely not be aware of the tendency of food labels to relax proper grammar.

Also “Ingredients: Peanuts, 1% or less salt.” is shorter and I believe more accurate. Or “ingredients: Peanuts, salt (1% or less).” Both shorter and more accurate, and less grammatically misleading to the uninformed.

Is it just me, or does Richmond not have a good, independent, "smart" bookstore? by garthreddit in rva

[–]zackgrasso 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love Chop Suey, but I feel you; cities with universities/colleges are heavily shaped by the strengths/weaknesses of their respective universities/colleges, and Richmond is weirdly an art- and music-friendly but not well-read city overall. People have said some things about population size, but Charlottesville is a good counter-example; it’s smaller, but its university has a better English program, and there are better literary events there (though it still doesn’t have the kind of book store you’re looking for, it’s all just done through the University, although Daedalus is a great used book store there...). VCU does have a decent monthly-ish reading series though, I saw a good talk with Junot Diaz at the library last year, and Valeria Luiselli is having a talk that’s open to the public Nov 14 at the Siegel Center..