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minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·8 days agoIt’s one of those grammatic inaccuracies that has crept into colloquial standards. It now essentially means the same as by accident, despite the words not matching in meaning.
minus-squaredavelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days agoIt’s like spuriously inserting the words ‘of a’ into sentences. That’s becoming a big of a problem too.
minus-squaredavelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI need to spend some time off of the internet too.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days ago colloquial standards. … which are, naturally, ‘standards’ with free judgement on the person saying it. Oh, don’t worry: you don’t need to select the added judgement. It just is there.
It’s one of those grammatic inaccuracies that has crept into colloquial standards.
It now essentially means the same as by accident, despite the words not matching in meaning.
It’s like spuriously inserting the words ‘of a’ into sentences. That’s becoming a big of a problem too.
I should of realized that.
I need to spend some time off of the internet too.
Along with “forgot it at home”
… which are, naturally, ‘standards’ with free judgement on the person saying it.
Oh, don’t worry: you don’t need to select the added judgement. It just is there.