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84 points onemind | 3 comments | 13 Nov 24 22:17 UTC | HN request time: 0.417s | source

1. evanjrowley ◴[18 Nov 24 12:49 UTC] No.42171886[source]▶

I loved this sentence from the 2nd half of the article:

This is the kind of sentence up with which the Plain English Campaign did not put.

2. sparky_z ◴[18 Nov 24 17:30 UTC] No.42174686[source]▶

It's a very old joke

3. Rygian ◴[18 Nov 24 20:24 UTC] No.42176525[source]▶

As a German language learner, this sounds almost normal.

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