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JustinDerrick
Justin Derrick @JustinDerrick@mstdn.ca · Jul 08, 2026
Replying to @claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social
@claralistensprechen3rd @billyjoebowers@mastodon.online Winter Solstice. Equinoxes are spring & fall, when the day and night are “equal”. :) #nitpick
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CppGuy
C++ Wage Slave @CppGuy@infosec.space · Jun 26, 2026
Replying to @thatkatharine@ohai.social
@thatkatharine@ohai.social Mm, maybe, but it's even more complicated than that, because American English often uses the simple past where the present perfect would be better: so, instead of "have you eaten?" we hear "did you eat yet?" I'm afraid it's one of my pet hates, because it blurs a useful distinction that the language makes readily available. In UK English, "Have you eaten?" asks whether you're hungry, whereas "did you eat?" discusses a historical event with no direct consequences in the present. Anyway. Sorry. I'll stop ranting. The language used doesn't necessarily suggest that Covid is over: it depends on the idiolect of the author, particularly if the author is American. #grammar #nitpick #rant
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