Mrsilkworm@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoif Rockstar was honestmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1278
arrow-up1278imageif Rockstar was honestmedia.piefed.socialMrsilkworm@piefed.social to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareAlmacca@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoI only someone could invent some kind of computerised grammar checking utility. ;)
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoYou clearly aren’t from an “english is the third language” country. I would not write like that but also I didn’t notice the grammar errors until they were pointed out, my brain filtered them through.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day ago“filtered them through” < “allowed them through, unfiltered” 🙇🏼♂️
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoHowever you wanna describe it, the point is that we tend to look for the meaning behind the words because we are used to hearing badly spoken English.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoYou do recognize the difference, though, regardless of “however [I] wanna describe it”, yes? 😅
I only someone could invent some kind of computerised grammar checking utility. ;)
You clearly aren’t from an “english is the third language” country. I would not write like that but also I didn’t notice the grammar errors until they were pointed out, my brain filtered them through.
“filtered them through” < “allowed them through, unfiltered” 🙇🏼♂️
However you wanna describe it, the point is that we tend to look for the meaning behind the words because we are used to hearing badly spoken English.
You do recognize the difference, though, regardless of “however [I] wanna describe it”, yes? 😅