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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·3 months agoI’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoThen use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·3 months agoThat is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months 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-up1·3 months 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-down1·3 months agoYes, that supports what I was saying.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·3 months agoSays the exact opposite. Keep reading.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI read the whole thing. I didn’t see any examples of “it is curious”, only “I am curious”.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-23 months agoYou’re really making me work for it when you could just read it and back off: The specific usage of “curious if” is perfectly acceptable in much the say way that “curious whether” is acceptable. It does not imply a conditional. I’m curious whether other people feel like I do. “Curious,” by the way, has a few other variants: I’m curious if other people feel like I do. I’m curious as to whether other people feel like I do. I’m curious about whether people feel like I do. To directly answer your question: However, is it actually improper or logically incorrect? No, it is not improper or logically incorrect. Which of these is more appropriate is a matter of personal and regional preferences.
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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.
I read the whole thing. I didn’t see any examples of “it is curious”, only “I am curious”.
You’re really making me work for it when you could just read it and back off:
I’m curious whether other people feel like I do.
“Curious,” by the way, has a few other variants:
I’m curious if other people feel like I do.
I’m curious as to whether other people feel like I do.
I’m curious about whether people feel like I do.
To directly answer your question:
However, is it actually improper or logically incorrect?
No, it is not improper or logically incorrect. Which of these is more appropriate is a matter of personal and regional preferences.
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