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minus-squareGrappleHat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up102arrow-down3·5 months ago The chances of a deal are said to be weeks away, if not non-existent. What kind of non-sentence is that?
minus-squareholycrap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up37·5 months agoIt’s an existing sentence if it’s not non-exisent.
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·5 months agoBig if true and big.
minus-squaretatterdemalion@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·5 months agoSeems like a perfectly cromulent English sentence to me.
minus-squareGrappleHat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoLooked up “cromulent” in the dictionary. Wasn’t disappointed!!
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThe fact it’s now in the dictionary proper is bizarre… but I mean… so is “okay.” And that’s almost the same ascended joke.
minus-squareElCanut@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 months agoThe kind of sentence you write when you’re still 20 words from the target your editor set for the article
minus-squarepelotron@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·5 months agoIt’s what they most not the least
minus-squareTrailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoThe chances of the coin flip yielding heads are roughly 50%, if coins don’t not exist.
minus-squarered_pigeon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoIt means when the author was waiting for his order at Popeyes, the guy in front who did small talk with him introduced himself as a Gitlab employee and told the author “Gitlab might sell in weeks. It is a deal or no deal”
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt feels like it’s saying “if rumors are true, the deal is weeks away.” A reminder that it might not be the case.
What kind of non-sentence is that?
It’s an existing sentence if it’s not non-exisent.
Big if true and big.
Seems like a perfectly cromulent English sentence to me.
Looked up “cromulent” in the dictionary. Wasn’t disappointed!!
The fact it’s now in the dictionary proper is bizarre… but I mean… so is “okay.” And that’s almost the same ascended joke.
The kind of sentence you write when you’re still 20 words from the target your editor set for the article
It’s what they most not the least
The chances of the coin flip yielding heads are roughly 50%, if coins don’t not exist.
It means when the author was waiting for his order at Popeyes, the guy in front who did small talk with him introduced himself as a Gitlab employee and told the author “Gitlab might sell in weeks. It is a deal or no deal”
It feels like it’s saying “if rumors are true, the deal is weeks away.” A reminder that it might not be the case.