• @GeneralEmergency
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    21 day ago

    I know you’re trying to do a bit. But you seem to have misunderstood my comment. so I’ll explain.

    It’s the use of the word fuck but it’s placement. It doesn’t fit and makes the sentence rather awkward. Hence why I said it was written by an eleven year old discovering swearing and not understanding it.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 day ago

      It fits perfectly well. The placement changes the emphasis subtly.

      “That’s a tall fucking building”

      “That’s a fucking tall building”

      The second calls the listener’s attention to the emphasized aspect whereas the first might reference the height in relation to other aspects… but would be more context dependent than the second form.