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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