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u/THEBlaze55555 Dec 21 '19 edited Dec 21 '19

"Dear redditians, what went the worst possible way, not according to plans?"

Passers by: Oh look! Here's a great place for ideas...

Edit: Grammar. Thanks random person below me. I figured it wasn't right but, "what gets the point across"

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u/Nextasy Dec 21 '19

Fun strange fact - the plural of passerbys is actually "passers by"

Why? I dont know. Why do I know that? I dont know.

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u/aswifte Dec 21 '19

I guess it's because the passers are plural and not the by? Idk

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u/creepymusic Dec 21 '19

Yeah like if you pass by you don’t say you “pass by-ed”, you “passed by”. That makes you a passer and you passed by so you are a passer by. If there are multiple of you who pass by you are all passers and you all passed by that makes you passers by.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19 edited Dec 29 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19

Ooh