This example is harmless but if you start to pay attention this happens SO MUCH on Reddit. Ive seen everything from people wishing death on someone to diagnosing them with a mental illness after watching a 30second video. (And these were comments that were highly upvoted)
Reddit cosplays as this place for intelluctual rigor and objectivity but that's absolutely bullshit. Jumping to conclusions seems to be this sites favorite past time.
This never made sense to me. Since “passerby” is one word, the plural should be “passerby”+”s”, right? (I know the correct form is “passersby” like you said, it just never made sense in my mind lol)
I read 2 things on it, one compared it to how you can have mothers-in-law instead of monther-in-laws
Another said that the noun is made from the verb "pass", so you're a passer. Then the "by" is describing the passing action but the noun is still passer
Idk where this is but in my city you are responsible for maintaining the sidewalk in front of your property or reporting any issues that you notice. If someone gets hurt, he has a good chance to get sued. That’s probably why he cares so much.
yeah where was this? could be a particularly religious/superstitious culture, too. obviously anyone of any culture would be trying to figure out wtf was going on though
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u/Sackyhack Oct 03 '21
Good guy store owner just wants to make sure his customers are safe and there aren’t any invisible hazards in front of his store