Comment on Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it

• lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In English, the simple present often implies a general truth, regardless of time. While the present continuous strongly implies that the statement is true for the present, and weakly implies that it was false in the past.

  From your profile you apparently speak Danish, right? Note that, in Danish, this distinction is mostly handled through adverbs, so I’m not surprised that you can’t tell the difference. Easier shown with an example:

  Danish	English
  Jeg læser ofte.	I read often. (generally true statement)
  Jeg læser lige nu.	I’m reading right now. (true in the present)

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  • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That is a great explanation, thanks! I understand the difference now.

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  • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The title isn’t a mistake.

    It’s openly stating that they believe that to be an inherent feature of at least our current legislation.

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