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grammarxcore
635 days ago
The comment said “crack on with it” not “take crack for it.” “Crack on” is an idiom more associated with British English than American English.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/crack...
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adolph
635 days ago
Thanks, two peoples separated by a common language and all that. My intention was for the error to be humerus, but maybe it was a stretch.
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grammarxcore
634 days ago
Poe’s Law strikes again…
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adolph
633 days ago
Imagine if this were conducted by screen readers and I were to ask if thats what they called cole slaw in yonder region.
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