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[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

“God safe us” - [the] irony right there[... something? "is funny"? What about the irony? You have to finish the thought.]

That clause was fine up to the missing commas. He's pointing at the phrase and saying that's irony right there. Perhaps you're unfamiliar with that structure. I don't think it's common in all Englishes

[hyphen instead of en dash]

That's pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes; if they're typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Perhaps you're unfamiliar with that structure. I don't think it's common in all Englishes

I am, but it's grammatically insufficient. Idiomatically/colloquially/slang wise, it's fine. I understood enough to know what they mean, obviously.

That's pedantic. Nearly no one uses en and em dashes;

Of course it's pedantic. I'm going out of my way to be pedantic to show this grammar snob what it feels like to throw the first stone.

if they're typing on a physical keyboard those dashes are hard to type

Skill issue. If they care enough, it's easy to find out how. 🤷‍♂️ I use them all the time.

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