artyom@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDriving your truck into a lakemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1715arrow-down18
arrow-up1707arrow-down1imageDriving your truck into a lakemedia.piefed.socialartyom@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThe person I responded to, that’s why I asked them.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoNo, that is not the l correct. An “everyday wash” is a simple/standard wash, not one you literally do every day.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoThen they shouldn’t call it that
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThis is basic language use and completely correct. Language is full of things that, taken literal, mean something else and there is no way to avoid that, given that language constantly changes.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoI never said it was incorrect, just unclear.
Who suggests that?
The person I responded to, that’s why I asked them.
No, that is not the l correct. An “everyday wash” is a simple/standard wash, not one you literally do every day.
Then they shouldn’t call it that
This is basic language use and completely correct. Language is full of things that, taken literal, mean something else and there is no way to avoid that, given that language constantly changes.
I never said it was incorrect, just unclear.