Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’::‘Was annoyed that the amount due on my Woolies purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

  • @abbotsbury
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    610 months ago

    Except language is demonstrably fluid, meanwhile it seems like your grasping of prescriptive pedantry is coincidentally just a lazy reason to try and be correct when everyone knew what “instore” meant.

    Do you say “God be with you” when departing, or just goodbye?

    • @[email protected]
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      -810 months ago

      Of course it is. That doesn’t mean every missing or grammatical mistake is an example of language evolving. Usually it’s just carelessness or ignorance.

      • @abbotsbury
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        310 months ago

        Carelessness or ignorance, believe it or not, evolve language. Have you heard of compound words?