• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    “…how birds look like…”

    Just one of many issues with the English here.

    • what it looks like
    • how it looks

    You need to pick a lane.

    • Squirrel@thelemmy.club
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      6 months ago

      I typically assume it’s a non-native speaker with things like this, but I’m not sure in this case.

      • Old_Fat_White_Guy@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I too try to give the benefit of the doubt when reading stilted text that basically conveys the meaning but the syntax is janky.

        I’m in southern Ohio so there are quite a few people from the hills and hollers around here.

        Methany definitely talks exactly like how that is.