Lvxferre [he/him]M to Linguistics [email protected]English • edit-222 hours agoThough I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout.beehaw.orgimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down10
arrow-up1213arrow-down1imageThough I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout.beehaw.orgLvxferre [he/him]M to Linguistics [email protected]English • edit-222 hours agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareBunnyluxlinkEnglish1•9 hours agoIt’s correct as written. Think of it like “see this through” or taught this “through and through”. You can say “taught this through” to mean, “taught this completely/well”.
minus-squareAdalinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 hours agoI’ve never seen anyone use a singular “through” as a synonym for “thoroughly”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish13•21 hours agoThrough the troughs of school, feeding me all those “delicious” spelling woes!
You were taught this through? Through what?
It’s correct as written. Think of it like “see this through” or taught this “through and through”. You can say “taught this through” to mean, “taught this completely/well”.
I’ve never seen anyone use a singular “through” as a synonym for “thoroughly”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?
Through the troughs of school, feeding me all those “delicious” spelling woes!
Maybe “thoroughly” would fit better…