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wicklowdave t1_j8axosf wrote

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when you were in school did you never learn the difference between 'then' and 'than'?

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Safety_Drance t1_j8azp2c wrote

How were you at talking to other people? Was that a subject you were strong in?

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wicklowdave t1_j8b11zb wrote

lol what? That has nothing to do with the question I asked.

Did you go to one of those tragically underfunded schools in Alabama or Tennessee?

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Safety_Drance t1_j8b1mo5 wrote

> lol what? That has nothing to do with the question I asked.

Are you sure about that?

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wicklowdave t1_j8b32m6 wrote

Pretty certain.

Whatever the case, 'then' refers to a point in time. 'Than' is used to compare things. It's pretty fundamental knowledge in English.

I'm sorry your teachers failed you.

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Safety_Drance t1_j8b445s wrote

You are a bully. You were looking for some way to harass someone and if it hadn't been me it would have been someone else. Now you have my eyes on you and awareness that you exist.

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wicklowdave t1_j8b6c8r wrote

> Now you have my eyes on you

lol.

> looking for some way to harass someone

No, it's more that I get triggered by ostensibly smart comments betraying themselves by their failures in grammar and still expecting to be taken seriously.

But moving on - I've shared some knowledge that hopefully you'll take on board. My work is done here.

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Safety_Drance t1_j8b8ytz wrote

> No, it's more that I get triggered by ostensibly smart comments betraying themselves by their failures in grammar and still expecting to be taken seriously.

No, you're in this now. Because my accidental misspelling of a word where we both understood the context and meaning triggered you to the point of EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT A PERSON MISSPLEED A WQORD1!

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wicklowdave t1_j8b9p5f wrote

it wasn't an accident though. It couldn't have been.

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Safety_Drance t1_j8baaqo wrote

> It couldn't have been.

Please elaborate on that thought.

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wicklowdave t1_j8bbzrx wrote

No, you don't call the shots in this one. I told you a while ago my work was done. You're not interesting enough to bother any more time with.

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Safety_Drance t1_j8bdm5h wrote

>I told you a while ago my work was done.

I have no idea who you are. I am a very inclusive person and if you want to talk about shit that's going on with you I'm tote's down. I would certainly appreciate not spreading completely nonsensical bullshit about me, but if you need to do that to feel good about yourself then you do you!

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passinghere t1_j8b2hsf wrote

You could have simply pointed out the typo instead of insulting the person by suggesting they never learnt the difference.

There's a vast difference between making a typo and not understand the difference between 2 words and you instantly jump to insulting them instead of simply taking it as a typo and being polite about it

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