Cat@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSyria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years.restofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoCurious who sponsored it…
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoYou could read the article and find out.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoI’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThen use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoThat is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoIt isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment. Subject ellipsis occurs in the casual register with first person as the predominant referent https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, that supports what I was saying.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoSays the exact opposite. Keep reading.
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Curious who sponsored it…
You could read the article and find out.
I’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
Then use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
That is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
It isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
Well. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
Yes, that supports what I was saying.
Says the exact opposite. Keep reading.
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