Just had to share this. A few moments ago, I wrote a sentence that contained the phrase "... Maisie gave us a quick debrief."
Grammerly offered this suggested revision: "Maisie gave us a brief debrief."
Decided to go with my version.
Just had to share this. A few moments ago, I wrote a sentence that contained the phrase "... Maisie gave us a quick debrief."
Grammerly offered this suggested revision: "Maisie gave us a brief debrief."
Decided to go with my version.
It's AI, isn't it? AI doesn't currently have the ability to realise just how grotesque real humans find that. That's one of my AI-tells ;-)
AJ
Maisie gave us a brief debrief.
It's better when spoken with a foreign accent, but since when is "debrief" a noun?
since when is "debrief" a noun?
I thought the same. I thought "debrief" is a verb and "debriefing" is the noun.
"He debriefed me at the debriefing."
a series of questions about a completed mission or undertaking.
That's the verb "to debrief."
The noun "debriefing" is the session itself.
Here is the full dictionary.com entry:
Debrief
noun
a series of questions about a completed mission or undertaking.
"in the debrief, Gary gave his assessment of the trip and his performance"
Most other dictionaries do not list a noun form for 'debrief.' However, in various groups I belong to, I have heard 'debrief' used as a noun for at least fifteen years, essentially synonymous with 'debriefing session.'
It may not be proper grammar, however, in the USA armed forces, and may intelligence agencies, some law enforcement, and other government agencies. Debrief may be used as a Noun, or a verb.
For example:
The Colonel said, "When the patrol gets back, I want you to debrief them, personally, Major Smith."
Major Smith said, "Some of the questions I will need to ask... I will need to have them Read On."
The Colonel replied, "Yes, I suppose so. Before oh-seven hundred hours, I expect a briefing on the debrief."
That is better English than I have heard too often, both on active duty, and working with government bureaucrats.
My supposition is that this came out of the MacNamara era of Pentagon/Corpratization.
Debrief may be used as a Noun, or a verb.
Thanks to the fluidity of English, many verbs can be used as nouns whether or not it happens frequently enough for dictionaries to record that usage.
AJ
Thanks to the fluidity of English, many verbs can be used as nouns
Usually it's the other way around — nouns used as verbs.
Such as, "pistoned."
Love Laced
She pussied his tongue
and cunted his cock
'til man-seed swam
in oceans of girl cum.
Decided to go with my version.
I've reported dozens of loony corrections offered by Grammarly. My two 'favorite' recent ones…
Original sentence:
"The Bears are favored by a field goal," Eric said. "Care to make a wager?"
Output sentence:
"A field goal favors the Bears," Eric said. "Care to make a wager?"
This doesn't even make any sense!
Input sentence:
To put a very fine point on it, they would very likely not have appreciated the leeway I was given to operate as if I were an Attending.
Output sentence:
To put an excellent point on it, they would very likely not have appreciated the leeway I was given to operate as if I were an Attending.
Just dumb.
Automated grammar checkers reeeeallly hate passive voice.
Absolutely. I turned that off long ago, but even so, it still wants to 'fix' things that are part of natural speach.
Yeah, because it doesn't have any actual understanding of the content, and it's powered by the tormented soul of a 7th-grade English teacher. It's just going, "'are ___ed' Passive voice! Must rephrase!" "'very' bad! Must play thesaurus bingo!"
and it's powered by the tormented soul of a 7th-grade English teacher
My 7th-grade English teacher is responsible for my decent command of the English language! I owe her a big thanks (though she passed long ago; she was 71 when she taught me in the mid-70s).
In my case, it was the terrifying Miss Gatch (her real name). I had her for English in both 11th and 12th grade. She had a cold stare that would send shivers down the spine of any student who came to her class unprepared. Never me, of course.
What is the difference between a writer and a reader?
A writer needs to follow rules of grammar where a reader doesn't even care about rules as long as it sounds right.
My favorite grammery game:
The ,
Pass one: need a , ok sure, I have no idea how when where why and when to use them, and my best friend teacher grade 12 and first year university English
Pass two: remove , -ok
Pass thee: add ,
Pass four: remove , -f it, dismiss
Pass five: remove, -dismiss
Repeat
Oh note: I think I paid for grammery just for the semi-functional dismiss button.
Cheers