chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat are your grammar bugbears?message-squaremessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your grammar bugbears?chunes@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoNone. Prescriptivism isn’t how the world actually works. I do wonder what the second “is” in “the thing is, is that” means. Presumably, there’s a logical answer for the speakers.
None. Prescriptivism isn’t how the world actually works.
I do wonder what the second “is” in “the thing is, is that” means. Presumably, there’s a logical answer for the speakers.