The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down114
arrow-up1519arrow-down1imageIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squarehumanspirallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·19 days agoThe tenses don’t add precision, IMO. There is a plural them instead of him/her but it sounds the same as the singular him/her. There is a plural you that sounds different, but there is also a polite singular you that is the plural you.
The tenses don’t add precision, IMO. There is a plural them instead of him/her but it sounds the same as the singular him/her. There is a plural you that sounds different, but there is also a polite singular you that is the plural you.