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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 30 points 8 months ago (4 children)

"..how birds look like.."

Just one of many issues with the English here.

  • what it looks like
  • how it looks

You need to pick a lane.

[–] cinnamonTea@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'd read this with commas around 'like', rather than with a period after it: "... how birds look, like, I'm afraid" works as a sentence while "... how birds look like. I'm afraid" is both wrong, like you point out, but also sounds much more serious than the jokey tone I'd expect from a message without punctuation and capitalization

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 1 points 8 months ago

We will never know what the tweet author intended lol

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 6 points 8 months ago

I typically assume it's a non-native speaker with things like this, but I'm not sure in this case.

No one cares mate.

It's fine to correct the grammar of children in your care, but not really in other circumstances.

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