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[-] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Literal grammar police.

ACAB.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

? That's usually a reference to British soldiers especially during the musket era. What's it mean here?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The squiggly line that spell check draws ~~Uber~~ under misspelled words

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It draws under words usually, not über them

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

it's a joke that a lot of people copyedit or mark students' work in red pen, a pun on the thin X line, a(n arguably risible) belief that those in a particular uniform are the only thing keeping society intact.

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