Meldrik@lemmy.wtfM to Facepalm@lemmy.wtfEnglish · 4 months agoMom didn't go to schoollemmy.wtfimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down121
arrow-up1587arrow-down1imageMom didn't go to schoollemmy.wtfMeldrik@lemmy.wtfM to Facepalm@lemmy.wtfEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareBeardedBlaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down7·4 months agoYour sentence is proof you shouldn’t be teaching your kids how to write.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·4 months agoLemmy threads aren’t formal writing, they’re textualized speech. Of course you’ll find non-standard phrasing. Note that the punctuation and spelling are correct.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·4 months agoWhat you call formal writing is what many people would call writing that is most easily understood.
Your sentence is proof you shouldn’t be teaching your kids how to write.
Lemmy threads aren’t formal writing, they’re textualized speech. Of course you’ll find non-standard phrasing. Note that the punctuation and spelling are correct.
What you call formal writing is what many people would call writing that is most easily understood.
Nice.