• Kedly@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    There isnt jack shit difference in the colloquial sense, except for the fact that one word people generally know, and the other people dont. If you were telling this to a native english speaker I wouldnt care, but to an ESL person I feel the need to step in and say “Yeah no, everyone will understand what you mean with the phrasing you chose, the person correcting you is being hyper literal”

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      1 year ago

      1- they didn’t mention being ESL until after the response, so congratulations on the foresight of other’s hindsight.

      2- have a good night and stay blessed, bud.