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minus-squareJax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months ago“Did anyone notice the funny that you could literally only guess at?” Odd way to write.
minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoWell, it is obvious that calque is not a calque. But I did not care to notice that until it was pointed out explicitly.
minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoEnglish is my second language. How should it be written instead?
minus-squareMadeline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t think it was wrong. In fact, it’s such a good phrase that I’m going to incorporate it into my vocabulary
“Did anyone notice the funny that you could literally only guess at?”
Odd way to write.
Well, it is obvious that calque is not a calque. But I did not care to notice that until it was pointed out explicitly.
“…I did not care to notice…”
English is my second language. How should it be written instead?
I don’t think it was wrong. In fact, it’s such a good phrase that I’m going to incorporate it into my vocabulary