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  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
    18·
    20 hours ago

    You dare correct me? Time to take you back to school.

    “Shilling” as used in my sentence is in the gerund form. A gerund is the ‘-ing’ form of a verb that functions as a noun such as in the sentence “I like reading”.

    In my sentence, “shilling” acts as a noun, referring to the act advocating for privacy.

    Please refrain from correcting me in the future

        • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
          12·
          20 hours ago

          A shill is a member of a company or organization, or someone who is paid by a company or organization, to covertly advertise on their behalf while keeping their association and motivation a secret.

          There is no such thing as a “privacy shill”, you actually mean to say a “privacy promoter” or “privacy advocate”, because those on lemmy that post about privacy are open and honest about their motivation.

          Not everyone who is a promoter or supportive of something is a shill.

          • GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
            26·
            18 hours ago

            Ahh i see. This is another good learning moment for you. Have you heard of the term colloquialism before? Essentially, a colloquialism is used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation.

            People typically use the term “shill” non-literally or sarcastically in casual conversation to criticize someone who passionately supports a cause, even if there’s no secret agenda. A good example is the way people use the word “literally” today. The word “literally” means ‘word for word’ or ‘not figuratively’. However, most people use it today to intensify or dramatize their statements e.g I was so hungry, I literally had to eat the whole fridge. You can see that “literally” is used figuratively here

            So that was my intention when using the word “shill”. Call it hyperbolic or rhetorical if you will.