𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to [email protected]English • 5 months agoThe best part of driving a shitbox is that I don't have to care too much about it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1999arrow-down18
arrow-up1991arrow-down1imageThe best part of driving a shitbox is that I don't have to care too much about it.lemmy.world𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareZiixelinkfedilink14•5 months agoThis is literally the first time I have ever seen someone say “mustn’t” on the internet
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•5 months agoDid you think it wasn’t a real word and google it? I live in the hope you did. Not today Lemmy grammar Nazis…not today.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoA true grammar Nazi would obviously know that it is a proper contraction. No true Scotsman and all that ;P
minus-squareZiixelinkfedilink5•5 months agoI didn’t, I know it’s a word in British English, I just wanted to say it’s rare and I haven’t seen anyone say it on the internet Also yeah, I’m not a native language speaker (And what do you mean by the nazi part? Why would you call anyone a nazi over something like a word?)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•5 months agoGrammar Nazi is an english term that means someone who is very strict about using correct words and punctuation. It is meant to be humorous. It does not mean they are a Nazi.
minus-squareZiixelinkfedilink4•5 months agoAh sorry then, I didn’t quite get that (as said I’m not a native), just wanted to point out a fun coincidence since we learnt that word a few months back in English class Thanks for telling me
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 months agoMy pleasure. Hope your English studies go well.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-25 months agosimilarly shan’t became a go-to-word among my clique in high school once we learned it.
This is literally the first time I have ever seen someone say “mustn’t” on the internet
Did you think it wasn’t a real word and google it?
I live in the hope you did.
Not today Lemmy grammar Nazis…not today.
A true grammar Nazi would obviously know that it is a proper contraction. No true Scotsman and all that ;P
I didn’t, I know it’s a word in British English, I just wanted to say it’s rare and I haven’t seen anyone say it on the internet
Also yeah, I’m not a native language speaker
(And what do you mean by the nazi part? Why would you call anyone a nazi over something like a word?)
Grammar Nazi is an english term that means someone who is very strict about using correct words and punctuation.
It is meant to be humorous. It does not mean they are a Nazi.
Ah sorry then, I didn’t quite get that (as said I’m not a native), just wanted to point out a fun coincidence since we learnt that word a few months back in English class
Thanks for telling me
My pleasure. Hope your English studies go well.
similarly shan’t became a go-to-word among my clique in high school once we learned it.
It looks less weird when not capitalized
Mustn’t’ve