The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 7 months ago4th person pronoun?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down137
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minus-squareGnome Kat@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoI am not sure if you are being genuine or not (chat?) but in case you are the phrase is not asking if something is literally real. It’s a way to express surprise at a situation “wow this thing is really happening”.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·7 months agoI was being genuine, but the explanation “is this really happening?” shouldn’t seem much better from a teacher’s point of view.
I am not sure if you are being genuine or not (chat?) but in case you are the phrase is not asking if something is literally real. It’s a way to express surprise at a situation “wow this thing is really happening”.
I was being genuine, but the explanation “is this really happening?” shouldn’t seem much better from a teacher’s point of view.