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tree to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish • 1 year ago

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  • @Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    30•1 year ago

    I like the way you managed to use the correct “whom” to sound posh then completely fucked it up with the “at” on the end :)

    • Fat Tony
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      9•1 year ago

      Yeah that’s the perfect way to describe my English in general ^^.

      • @Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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        3•1 year ago

        You mean “Yeah that’s generally the way to describe my English in general” 🙃

    • @Pissnpink@feddit.uk
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      You can end a sentence on a prepositional phrase. That’s an old style suggestion, not a rule.

      • @HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee
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        19•1 year ago

        But it’s redundant in that sentence because it began with “at.”

        • @0ops@lemm.ee
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          9•1 year ago

          Who are you, a representative of the redundancy department of redundancy?

          • @Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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            2•1 year ago

            Yeah he pays his membership fees in cash, gets it from the ATM machine

            • @0ops@lemm.ee
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              2•1 year ago

              With a secure pin number

              • @Klear@sh.itjust.works
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                Stop it with all the redundant pleonasms!

                • @TurtleTourParty@midwest.social
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                  1•1 year ago

                  They’re filling up the screen on my LCD display!

        • @Pissnpink@feddit.uk
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          2•1 year ago

          Ah, true thAT.

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