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amaranthine-ephemerality asked: Just saw the stupid hoe post, and while I agree, am I the only one noticing the irony? As we know, in linguistics (excluding historical linguistics), an asterisk preceding a sentence is used to show that it is not "grammatically correct". So if this was read in a linguistic manner, wouldn't it mean that the Internet thinks "you're" is incorrect whereas linguists think "you a" is wrong? I'm probably just being pedantic, but I happen to find this coincidence kinda funny.
Haha, no, I had the same thought. It was just too good of a comeback to not reblog, though.
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iamawug said:
Really? I thought an asterisk preceding was the equivalent of saying something like, “Correction: you’re”. To say that an asterisk denotes “incorrect” grammar you would have to say it in regards to the previous sentence, not the following one.
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amaranthine-ephemerality said:
Well, that’s true!
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schwakiva-is-my-otp said:
and “The Internet” isn’t going to notice that anyway :D
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