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Your sentence was unidiomatic to this native English speaker - "point" and "out" always belong together in a construct like that. My offer was a joke, but neve
by bshimmin 9y ago
Your sentence was unidiomatic to this native English speaker - "point" and "out" always belong together in a construct like that.
My offer was a joke, but never mind.
- dozzie 9y ago> Your sentence was unidiomatic to this native English speaker [emphasis mine] Fair enough, but I obviously picked up this manner somewhere, and from what I remember, it was long before internet got crowded by people from all over the world, so I think it was from some other native English speakers. > My offer was a joke, but never mind. Your joke went over my head so high that I recoiled from the superiority vibe I got from reading it as an actual offer. (I just wanted you to know that, now that it's clear what it was.)
- bshimmin 9y agoI think we probably win the award for the most worthless exchange on HackerNews today. Well done us!