You may have misunderstood me: when I said “the rot has set in” I was referring to the end point. “The rot has set“ would refer to the beginning point.
It is a confusing way of speaking (which I only employed for style), and our collective confusion is a great example of why we don’t speak this way anymore. Lol.
watson@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
The rot has set in. There’s no getting it out, now.
tux0r@feddit.org 6 hours ago
The rot has set in in 2017.
watson@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
You may have misunderstood me: when I said “the rot has set in” I was referring to the end point. “The rot has set“ would refer to the beginning point.
It is a confusing way of speaking (which I only employed for style), and our collective confusion is a great example of why we don’t speak this way anymore. Lol.
tux0r@feddit.org 4 hours ago
I see. Not a native speaker here, but working on it! Sorry.