Cat to [email protected]English • 10 days agoSyria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years.restofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down15
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkSyria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years.restofworld.orgCat to [email protected]English • 10 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoYou could read the article and find out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•10 days agoI’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•10 days agoThen use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-2•10 days agoThat is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoIt isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment. Subject ellipsis occurs in the casual register with first person as the predominant referent https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoWell. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•10 days agoSays the exact opposite. Keep reading.
Curious who sponsored it…
You could read the article and find out.
I’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…
Then use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.
That is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?
It isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216603000997
Well. Allow me to retort: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/158607/is-curious-if-improper-to-use-compared-to-alternatives-such-as-curious-as-to
Yes, that supports what I was saying.
Says the exact opposite. Keep reading.
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