artyom@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前Driving your truck into a lakelemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square100linkfedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down18
arrow-up1709arrow-down1imageDriving your truck into a lakelemmy.imagisphe.reartyom@piefed.social to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前message-square100linkfedilink
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 个月前The person I responded to, that’s why I asked them.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前No, that is not the l correct. An “everyday wash” is a simple/standard wash, not one you literally do every day.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 个月前Then they shouldn’t call it that
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前This is basic language use and completely correct. Language is full of things that, taken literal, mean something else and there is no way to avoid that, given that language constantly changes.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 个月前I never said it was incorrect, just unclear.
Who suggests that?
The person I responded to, that’s why I asked them.
No, that is not the l correct. An “everyday wash” is a simple/standard wash, not one you literally do every day.
Then they shouldn’t call it that
This is basic language use and completely correct. Language is full of things that, taken literal, mean something else and there is no way to avoid that, given that language constantly changes.
I never said it was incorrect, just unclear.