• 7uWqKj@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    “They can tell” implies "they can speak“. No they can’t. #Clickbait

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      14 hours ago

      “They can tell” implies "they can speak“

      That… isn’t what that phrase means in English. I assume you’re new to the language?

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        13 hours ago

        I’m not, and I’m perfectly aware of the ambiguity of “tell” meaning both “understand” and “communicate”. But so is the person who wrote that clickbait title.

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      Colloquially, in English, “I can tell that…” directly translates to “I can discern/detect that…”. An example would be in a game of poker, “I can tell that you’re bluffing”.

      The ability or desire to communicate what you have become aware of is irrelevant.