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Murdered by Words

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's similarities in my native language and people don't have much trouble with it. And our grammar rules are harder to understand. So it's more likely because of the education itself.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I agree with your sentiment, these aren't kids failing to nail the nuances of American English perfectly after a dozen years or something. I've seen directors/supervisors in business fail to know the correct usage in emails.

Also, at least we don't have to know what gender a dishwasher is in English, it's just about the only thing it has going for it!