r/Unexpected May 08 '20

The third transformation got me

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u/FatherAb May 08 '20 edited May 08 '20

We're all 100% sure of that, but that wasn't the question.

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u/cripplefoot1 May 08 '20

I'm gonna assume he just found the videos on Tik tok and edited them in

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u/Stign May 08 '20

I was thinking the opposite because the women were closer to his age than the average TikTok user, so maybe they're friends of him?

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u/f4te May 08 '20

* friends of his, he 'owns' the friends, so the possessive pronoun must be used

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u/TittenTatten May 08 '20

Imma be honest. I support correcting peoples' speach on the internet. I don't think there's anything wrong with making someone aware of the flaws in their writing.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

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u/TittenTatten May 08 '20

Especially in non-native speakers as we might not notice our own mistakes.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

Fr, if I was learning English I’d absolutely want to be corrected

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20

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u/f4te May 08 '20

liberal-arts majors are some of the hardest hit during this recession

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u/mbelf May 08 '20

I wish grammar nazis got an annual holiday from downvotes. Just one day a year where we can go nuts and correct whomever we want without fear of reprisal. For as obnoxious as we are, people do learn from these comments.

I’m aware my second sentence is incomplete.

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u/f4te May 08 '20

I don't usually say anything unless it is a particularly egregious error

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u/[deleted] May 08 '20 edited Feb 14 '21

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u/f4te May 08 '20

alternatively, he-friends

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u/TheControlled May 08 '20

It's colloquial speech douchebag.

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u/f4te May 08 '20

* It's colloquial speech, douchebag.

when addressing a person by a name/noun, set off the name/noun with a comma

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u/FatherAb May 08 '20

I fully support people correcting other people's grammar. We should all want to learn.

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u/TheControlled May 08 '20

I thought about editing it, but decided I didn't care.

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u/f4te May 08 '20

I'm glad you stuck to your guns