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🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago

Anon can't go on a field trip

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🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 4 days ago
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  • M137@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “the ones I spied for weeks”

    Words hard, apparently.

    • Stern@lemmy.world
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      “only reason the doom is not doomed”

      he am good word man

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        I can empathize.

        I’m a native speaker and sometimes even my words refuse to English right.

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      Genuine question from a non native English speaker here: what’s wrong?

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        We would usually say “the ones I spied on”. English is the only language I’ve ever spoken and although it sounds weird to not include the word “on”, I really dont see why its necessary either.

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          Because “spied for,” and “spied with” are both options.

          “I spied them” is a legitimate sentence, but it doesn’t mean covert surveillance in that sentence, only to have seen then, generally through some difficulty.

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        They left out the word “on” and the best that m137 has to contribute to the conversation is someone did a typo.

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        It’s supposed to be “the ones I spied on for weeks”.

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          The ones on whom I spied for weeks. 😂

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      I think that’s just how British brain rot wording works. They all talk this way. Read some of their news paper headlines.

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        unlike those American headlines

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          Those last two are definitely intentional.

        • SaltSong@startrek.website
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          It wasn’t an American who wrote “Foot Heads Arms Body.”

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            yes but that is an incredible and brilliant piece of writing, one I’d argue outstrips Baby Shoes Never Worn

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