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arrow-up1330arrow-down1imageSteve Wilhitelemmy.zipGolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square88fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoMy problem is that we already have a word jiff, meaning a short amount of time. The overlap in use is minimal, but why add ambiguity. And don’t get me started on to, too, and two.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months agoTheir, there, they’re. Its ok that you can’t tell those words apart. But also don’t ask people to not do what you can’t understand? Or do people in wheelchairs boo at the Olympics?
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoEye think my point is two reduce ambiguity is a good thing.
My problem is that we already have a word jiff, meaning a short amount of time. The overlap in use is minimal, but why add ambiguity.
And don’t get me started on to, too, and two.
Their, there, they’re.
Its ok that you can’t tell those words apart.
But also don’t ask people to not do what you can’t understand? Or do people in wheelchairs boo at the Olympics?
Eye think my point is two reduce ambiguity is a good thing.