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[–] homesweethomeMrL 8 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

*earnestness*

cough

[–] whotookkarl 8 points 21 hours ago

Hey Vern

[–] glimse 8 points 23 hours ago

Well, they never claimed to have a degree in English

[–] [email protected] -1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

And while we're on it: "I had a man tell me..."

So this dude didn't tell you this on their own, but instead you made them tell you this?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

"I had a [noun] [verb]" is a perfectly fine colloquialism for "a [noun] [verbed] (in a way that affected me)." It's very common in the parts of the US I've lived in, at least.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Hmm yeah. I was looking at it from a narrow perspective that didn't take popularity into account. Good point. Americans basically set the standards for the English language in the modern era, so that way would be the correct way to go about it nowadays wouldn't it?