commander@lemmy.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 hours agoWhy aren’t there more PC-first gamepads? Valve don’t know, but they "did see an opportunity" for the new Steam Controllerwww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1193 cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours ago Valve don’t know, but they “Valve doesn’t know,” would only be correct if they followed it up with “but it.”
minus-squareDisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoYes, correct. Valve is a business, it is not a person. It would be the correct way to refer to it.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago“There are 15 rocks over there. They are scattered all over the ground.” Are the rocks people?
minus-squareDisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·41 minutes ago15 rocks aren’t a single noun. Not the same.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-213 hours agoBusinesses can’t know or think, either, so the line is clearly referring to people at Valve. For a pedantically accurate title, prepending the sentence with “The developers at” would clear it up, though personally I think it’s fine as is.
“Valve doesn’t know,” would only be correct if they followed it up with “but it.”
Yes, correct. Valve is a business, it is not a person. It would be the correct way to refer to it.
“There are 15 rocks over there. They are scattered all over the ground.”
Are the rocks people?
15 rocks aren’t a single noun. Not the same.
Businesses can’t know or think, either, so the line is clearly referring to people at Valve. For a pedantically accurate title, prepending the sentence with “The developers at” would clear it up, though personally I think it’s fine as is.