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minus-square@Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•10 months agoI like the way you managed to use the correct “whom” to sound posh then completely fucked it up with the “at” on the end :)
minus-squareFat TonylinkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoYeah that’s the perfect way to describe my English in general ^^.
minus-square@Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoYou mean “Yeah that’s generally the way to describe my English in general” 🙃
minus-square@Pissnpink@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-210 months agoYou can end a sentence on a prepositional phrase. That’s an old style suggestion, not a rule.
minus-square@HandwovenConsensus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish19•10 months agoBut it’s redundant in that sentence because it began with “at.”
minus-square@0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months agoWho are you, a representative of the redundancy department of redundancy?
minus-square@Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoYeah he pays his membership fees in cash, gets it from the ATM machine
minus-square@Klear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-210 months agoStop it with all the redundant pleonasms!
minus-square@TurtleTourParty@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoThey’re filling up the screen on my LCD display!
I like the way you managed to use the correct “whom” to sound posh then completely fucked it up with the “at” on the end :)
Yeah that’s the perfect way to describe my English in general ^^.
You mean “Yeah that’s generally the way to describe my English in general” 🙃
You can end a sentence on a prepositional phrase. That’s an old style suggestion, not a rule.
But it’s redundant in that sentence because it began with “at.”
Who are you, a representative of the redundancy department of redundancy?
Yeah he pays his membership fees in cash, gets it from the ATM machine
With a secure pin number
Stop it with all the redundant pleonasms!
They’re filling up the screen on my LCD display!
Ah, true thAT.