Cat to TechnologyEnglish • 16 hours agoSyria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years.restofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•16 hours agoYou could read the article and find out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•15 hours agoThen use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
minus-square@just_another_personlinkEnglish-2•15 hours agoThat is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•15 hours agoIt isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment. Subject ellipsis occurs in the casual register with first person as the predominant referent https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
minus-square@just_another_personlinkEnglish1•15 hours agoWell. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•14 hours agoI read the whole thing. I didn’t see any examples of “it is curious”, only “I am curious”.
You could read the article and find out.
I’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
Then use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
That is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
It isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
Well. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
Yes, that supports what I was saying.
Says the exact opposite. Keep reading.
I read the whole thing. I didn’t see any examples of “it is curious”, only “I am curious”.
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