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The architecture of “not bad”: Decoding the Chinese source code of the void

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kimixa ◴[11 Dec 25 21:23 UTC] No.46237348[source]▶
As a Brit, I'm not quite sure this article is right in it's declaration it's a universal "English" thing and not more "American English".
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1. sitharus ◴[11 Dec 25 22:44 UTC] No.46238373[source]▶
I've had this discussion with American friends quite recently, it's very much an American English thing to not use those constructions. Certainly in British, New Zealand, and Australian English we do all the time.