artyom@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoDriving your truck into a lakemedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square98linkfedilinkarrow-up1693
arrow-up1693imageDriving your truck into a lakemedia.piefed.socialartyom@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square98linkfedilink
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoThe person I responded to, that’s why I asked them.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoNo, that is not the l correct. An “everyday wash” is a simple/standard wash, not one you literally do every day.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoThis is basic language use and completely correct. Language is full of things that, taken literal, mean something else and there is no way to avoid that, given that language constantly changes.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 days agoI never said it was incorrect, just unclear.
Who suggests that?
The person I responded to, that’s why I asked them.
No, that is not the l correct. An “everyday wash” is a simple/standard wash, not one you literally do every day.
Then they shouldn’t call it that
This is basic language use and completely correct. Language is full of things that, taken literal, mean something else and there is no way to avoid that, given that language constantly changes.
I never said it was incorrect, just unclear.