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• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Then use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.

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  • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment.

      Subject ellipsis occurs in the casual register with first person as the predominant referent

      www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0378216603000997

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      • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Well. Allow me to retort: …stackexchange.com/…/is-curious-if-improper-to-us…

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