Lanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Atheist Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe difference between Science and Religionlemmy.worldimagemessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1665arrow-down174
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minus-squareOfflein@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down1·1 year agoTrue and a, great example of an unnecessary comma.
minus-squarequantumoverdrive@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year ago“You prove, I can’t fly”,
minus-squaresirdorius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down10·1 year agoFrom the languages I know, that comma completely changes the meaning of the phrase. But I’ve seen some examples in German using some very weird commas, so maybe it’s a language thing?
minus-squaresirdorius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down7·edit-21 year agoSo in German the phrase would go like “You prove, that I can’t fly” so I’m guessing the author omitted ‘that’ for brevity /end over analysis
True and a, great example of an unnecessary comma.
“You prove, I can’t fly”,
From the languages I know, that comma completely changes the meaning of the phrase. But I’ve seen some examples in German using some very weird commas, so maybe it’s a language thing?
So in German the phrase would go like “You prove, that I can’t fly” so I’m guessing the author omitted ‘that’ for brevity
/end over analysis