@somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 days agoYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?message-square54fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up151arrow-down1message-squareYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?@somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
Any explanation / meaning / backstory is more than welcome, or you can just drop it for everyone to try and resolve.
minus-square@Semjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilink2•23 hours agoThis, and the lack of inclusive and exclusive 1st person plural, are the biggest oversights in English.
minus-square@corsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•15 hours agoOh! Like “we with you” and “we not you” ?
minus-square@Semjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilink2•10 hours agoYes. Speaker + listener + maybe others Speaker + not listener others But that now seems small fry compared to the differentiating subject and object’s possessive adjectives.
This, and the lack of inclusive and exclusive 1st person plural, are the biggest oversights in English.
Oh! Like “we with you” and “we not you” ?
Yes.
Speaker + listener + maybe others
Speaker + not listener others
But that now seems small fry compared to the differentiating subject and object’s possessive adjectives.