Flying Squid to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish • 2 days agoAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.imagemessage-square38arrow-up188arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1imageAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.Flying Squid to Mildly InfuriatingEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square38file-text
That is not what “unstop” means. You unstop a drain that is clogged, you don’t unstop something you want to restart.
minus-square@viralJlinkEnglish12•2 days agoI don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.
I don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.