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0 pointsicc978y ago0 comments

They don't, I'm assuming they're speaking as a German. I'm a Brit living in Belgium.

I see the difference and I wish I could have the privacy of no ID cards back.

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dozzie8y ago

> They don't

They do, or at least that's what they said.

andrewaylett8y ago

No, they claimed to be German, and _in that capacity_ responded to their parent.

dozzie8y ago

Not really. bayerrr said to icc97:

> As a German, you could not be more wrong [...]

bayerrr claimed that icc97 was German (this is how this grammatical construction works).

icc97OP8y ago

There is an inferred "Speaking as a German", so the author is a letting me know they're German.

But also as you pointed out it makes no sense for them to assume I'm German, but it does make sense if they are German. So I'd just assume the version that makes sense.

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dozzie8y ago

> They don't

They do, or at least that's what they said.

andrewaylett8y ago

No, they claimed to be German, and _in that capacity_ responded to their parent.

dozzie8y ago

Not really. bayerrr said to icc97:

> As a German, you could not be more wrong [...]

bayerrr claimed that icc97 was German (this is how this grammatical construction works).

icc97OP8y ago

There is an inferred "Speaking as a German", so the author is a letting me know they're German.

But also as you pointed out it makes no sense for them to assume I'm German, but it does make sense if they are German. So I'd just assume the version that makes sense.

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