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This thesis is from a friend of mine. In the following discussion [1] someone said that this warrants its own post. I asked him permission to post this. He rea
by mettamage 8y ago
This thesis is from a friend of mine. In the following discussion [1] someone said that this warrants its own post.
I asked him permission to post this. He reads HN but is a bit shy in commenting, which is why I am posting it as show HN.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18212312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18212312
- mettamage 8y agoErrata: I asked him permission means I asked my friend permission.
- g82918 8y agoThat isn't really an error, at most you need to add the word between him and permission. Most English speakers should have no trouble parsing the original though.
- jfk13 8y ago> at most you need to add the word between him and permission I think you're missing the word to be added... did you mean to suggest "add the word 'for' between him and permission"? Alternatively, "I asked his permission..." would also have worked well.
- mettamage 8y agoThanks. I wish there was a website like lang-8.com but then for people who know English quite well, except in its finer element. The fact that I am not sharp in languages in general (even Dutch, my native language) and am not really refined in English feels like I am prone to these type of mistakes when the edit functionality of a comment is gone.