• psud@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    “God safe us” - [the] irony right there[… something? “is funny”? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.]

    That clause was fine up to the missing commas. He’s pointing at the phrase and saying that’s irony right there. Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with that structure. I don’t think it’s common in all Englishes

    [hyphen instead of en dash]

    That’s pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes; if they’re typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

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      4 days ago

      Perhaps you’re unfamiliar with that structure. I don’t think it’s common in all Englishes

      I am, but it’s grammatically insufficient. Idiomatically/colloquially/slang wise, it’s fine. I understood enough to know what they mean, obviously.

      That’s pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes;

      Of course it’s pedantic. I’m going out of my way to be pedantic to show this grammar snob what it feels like to throw the first stone.

      if they’re typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

      Skill issue. If they care enough, it’s easy to find out how. 🤷‍♂️ I use them all the time.

      Thanks for joining the fun!