• WingedSeven@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    it seems like it happens enough to be an acceptable alternate way of saying the cost of something; I see it a lot, including (in fact mostly) by native speakers

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      1 year ago

      Languages evolve, or we’d all still be grunting the first sounds. “No, the other other rock. Damn, we should come up with more names for things!”

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        1 year ago

        judging by the votes, people seem to think we’re in disagreement, whereas i think you’re spot-on.

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          1 year ago

          This is the internet, people are not supposed to just agree on things. That would automatically be “echo chamber”, and bad. Consensus is specifically disallowed.

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