Cat@ponder.cat to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoSyria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years.restofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down15
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minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·11 days agoCurious who sponsored it…
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 days agoYou could read the article and find out.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·11 days agoI’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 days agoThen use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·11 days agoThat is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·11 days agoIt isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment. Subject ellipsis occurs in the casual register with first person as the predominant referent https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoWell. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoYes, that supports what I was saying.
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·11 days agoSays the exact opposite. Keep reading.
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Curious who sponsored it…
You could read the article and find out.
I’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
Then use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
That is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
It isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
Well. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
Yes, that supports what I was saying.
Says the exact opposite. Keep reading.
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