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0 pointsgrkvlt8y ago0 comments

Then he shouldn't have used the word 'implies' as a conjunction, he should have said 'ought to mean', or 'should require you to be' instead.

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ben5098y ago· 1 in thread

There's no discernible consequence to him not satisfying your hyper-literalism, so why "should" he use your preferred phrasing?

grkvltOP7y ago

I'd hardly call it hyper-literalism, since he's the one not using the English language properly - that is, he failed to communicate his ideas accurately.

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