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.
Native speaker here, and that’s the first time I’ve ever heard such a distinction. Nothing on Google seems to back it up either, so take the asshole’s explanation with a grain of salt.
watson@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I see. Not a native speaker here, but working on it! Sorry.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Native speaker here, and that’s the first time I’ve ever heard such a distinction. Nothing on Google seems to back it up either, so take the asshole’s explanation with a grain of salt.
watson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
tux0r@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
???
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
How in the world did you read an insult in that?