• Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    “X did Y on a Z he thought would explode” is an efficient sentence but I can understand the grievance, because reporting should be clear and not take shortcuts. I think oxford commas should not only be obligatory, but enforced by a special linguistics task force with MP5s and tactical gear.

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      26 days ago

      After reading a bunch of comments and using a tramslator i understood what it meant, the main thing that made it hard to read for me was “left her for dead on…” i never saw such a phrase and it doesn’t help that English is my 2nd language and my primary one is Italian which has a different way of composing sentences

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        25 days ago

        Yeah I know they do that a lot. Hey, at least we know they’re human, because AI wouldn’t make those mistakes…

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