this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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[–] [email protected] 78 points 8 months ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Blame me, and others like me. I wouldn't click

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago

True. But, you can do both

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

What'd be cool is if when you enter a URL the lemmy interface lets the poster choose an image or even cropped region from the linked page.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I think it's best to do both.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I know an url is grammatically correct, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound right.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Try with Europe. Its a European not an European