this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

it seems like it happens enough to be an acceptable alternate way of saying the cost of something; I see it a lot, including (in fact mostly) by native speakers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Languages evolve, or we'd all still be grunting the first sounds. "No, the other other rock. Damn, we should come up with more names for things!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

judging by the votes, people seem to think we're in disagreement, whereas i think you're spot-on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the internet, people are not supposed to just agree on things. That would automatically be "echo chamber", and bad. Consensus is specifically disallowed.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In my experience/opinion, native English speakers have a different set of grammatical errors compared to non-natives. Obviously there is an overlap.