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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why does he end all his statements with that, "thanks for your attention to this matter" so fucking dumb.

[–] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

English isn’t my native language, but to me it sounds like there should be an “on” in place of “to” there? Is it correct grammar? And if it is, does it still sound equally “wrong” to someone natively speaking English or is this some weird quirk of the second language experience?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

there should be an “on” in place of “to” there?

No.

Is it correct grammar?

Yes.

is this some weird quirk of the second language experience

Probably connected to how your native language would construct a similar sentence.

[–] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

Thanks! That’s surprising. We’d actually use the equivalent of “to” here too. Weird how our foreign language intuition works. I go by how sentences “taste” when I read them and it’s usually correct, this time somehow it has a weird encumbered taste with the “to”, yet it is correct.

If only the day-to-day autopilot part of the mind would work from what we’ve learnt literally as opposed to some weird personal associative “feeling”. Or maybe that’s just me..

Anyway, thanks!

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