Yes, I stopped reading here:
> $12 on the front. Whole-network compromise on the back.
Too bad since the topic on its own seems very interesting.
> $12 on the front. Whole-network compromise on the back.
Too bad since the topic on its own seems very interesting.
These are exactly the kinds of sentences that would have gotten us outstanding grades as students of the language.
I used to be proud of sentences like the latter in the above quote. I can't fathom how learning languages will change in the coming years.
You're abusing "us" here. There are billions of ESL learners, and the group you're part of who receive outstanding grades for that kind of sentence makes up a tiny percentage. The overwhelming majority would not.
Not at all? They are not even full sentences...
I get that you might like the style, but there is no need for hyperbole.
They annoy me just as much.
Edit: except for prescriptivists who hate sentence fragments