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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months ago

It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.

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It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.

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Putt is shorthand for “put and only put”.
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  Verbose HTTP is looking great.
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  No get! Only put
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  As opposed to “put and do something else”?

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