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by LoganDark 459 days ago
Lots of hints of Dutch grammar in here:

> if you are using macOS you'll be able to edit easily the files

I find it charming though, to be honest :)
1 comments
lproven 458 days ago
The author is a native Spanish speaker, so that would be unexpected.

I think it maybe points to shared features of European languages that English doesn't follow.

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LoganDark 458 days ago
> The author is a native Spanish speaker, so that would be unexpected.

Huh, apologies. I have a Dutch friend who has similar quirks in their English, and the article mentions Dutch by name (in "A Dutch operating system"), so I assumed the author was Dutch or that that quirk came from Dutch influence.

For what it's worth, Dutch is not the only language that does this, I'm pretty sure German does as well, and a bunch more. So you may be correct.

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