• ProstheticBrain@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    I can only imagine they’re downvoting because they’ve had a better education than me, or paid more attention in class, or read the Wikipedia entry ten minutes before me.

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      11 months ago

      I majored in English at university and still had to double check Wikipedia to make sure I wasn’t talking out of my ass. There are so many grammatical rules that I only have a tiny understanding of.

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        11 months ago

        Exactly! I mean, some people (looking at you downvoters) learnt that during their education. But I (we?) didn’t, and this has been a really interesting find for me.

        I genuinely love learning about linguistic weirdness, I just don’t know a lot about it. Or have many occasions to learn.