▲ 1075 ▼ Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments Judge in US v. Google trial didn’t know if Firefox is a browser or search engine::Google accused DOJ of aiming to force people to use “inferior” search products.
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (7 children) I'm 46 and I know the difference. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 27 points 3 years ago (6 children) Yeah but your on lemmy so your a write off (and so am I) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 16 points 3 years ago (5 children) Hey there! Don’t want to nitpick, but it is spelled „you‘re“ in your case. „Your“ is used when you‘re talking about possessive attribution. „Your car“ vs „you‘re (you are) driving a car“. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (3 children) As long as we're nitpicking, in English, we only use the upper quotation marks, e.g. "you're". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Summary_table permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) That’s good to know, thank you! I‘ll try to keep it in mind from now on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wait, you actually didn't know? No judgement, I'm just surprised. The other thing you might want to know is that if you want to get fancy and use different opening and closing quotation marks, they curve the opposite way to what you're used to, “like this.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent [–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago That's interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 27 points 3 years ago (6 children) Yeah but your on lemmy so your a write off (and so am I) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 16 points 3 years ago (5 children) Hey there! Don’t want to nitpick, but it is spelled „you‘re“ in your case. „Your“ is used when you‘re talking about possessive attribution. „Your car“ vs „you‘re (you are) driving a car“. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (3 children) As long as we're nitpicking, in English, we only use the upper quotation marks, e.g. "you're". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Summary_table permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) That’s good to know, thank you! I‘ll try to keep it in mind from now on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wait, you actually didn't know? No judgement, I'm just surprised. The other thing you might want to know is that if you want to get fancy and use different opening and closing quotation marks, they curve the opposite way to what you're used to, “like this.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent [–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago That's interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 16 points 3 years ago (5 children) Hey there! Don’t want to nitpick, but it is spelled „you‘re“ in your case. „Your“ is used when you‘re talking about possessive attribution. „Your car“ vs „you‘re (you are) driving a car“. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (3 children) As long as we're nitpicking, in English, we only use the upper quotation marks, e.g. "you're". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Summary_table permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) That’s good to know, thank you! I‘ll try to keep it in mind from now on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wait, you actually didn't know? No judgement, I'm just surprised. The other thing you might want to know is that if you want to get fancy and use different opening and closing quotation marks, they curve the opposite way to what you're used to, “like this.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent [–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago That's interesting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (3 children) As long as we're nitpicking, in English, we only use the upper quotation marks, e.g. "you're". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark#Summary_table permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) That’s good to know, thank you! I‘ll try to keep it in mind from now on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wait, you actually didn't know? No judgement, I'm just surprised. The other thing you might want to know is that if you want to get fancy and use different opening and closing quotation marks, they curve the opposite way to what you're used to, “like this.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago (2 children) That’s good to know, thank you! I‘ll try to keep it in mind from now on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wait, you actually didn't know? No judgement, I'm just surprised. The other thing you might want to know is that if you want to get fancy and use different opening and closing quotation marks, they curve the opposite way to what you're used to, “like this.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Wait, you actually didn't know? No judgement, I'm just surprised. The other thing you might want to know is that if you want to get fancy and use different opening and closing quotation marks, they curve the opposite way to what you're used to, “like this.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AbyssalChord@feddit.de 6 points 3 years ago I did at some point, but I keep mixing it up with my native language rule for quotations. I study both german and english language and should actually know better, lol. The rules of written language are fascinating to me, so I appreciate any corrections! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 1 point 3 years ago That's interesting! permalink fedilink source parent