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Lessons learned in school: overestimate and underestimate are both just one word, no spaces needed.
by dagenleg 9y ago
Lessons learned in school: overestimate and underestimate are both just one word, no spaces needed.
- smb06 9y agoI don't get why you are being downvoted (also one word). I thought your comment was quite funny
- dagenleg 9y agoI guess some people interpreted the joke as confrontational and admittedly it does not contribute to the conversation. Nonetheless, I just could not resist.
- flycaliguy 9y agoThing with HN is you get a lot of english second language posters... who actually didn't learn those words in school.
- dagenleg 9y agoHuh, I would suspect that in modern times English is widely taught at schools all over the world, unless I am horribly mistaken. The quality of teaching is quite another issue and it's usually lacking - to which I can testify from my own experiences with post-Soviet secondary education system. Regardless, I am not starting a grammar crusade here, more like making a small remark.