Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前Heatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1878arrow-down143cross-posted to: whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1835arrow-down1imageHeatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前message-square144fedilinkcross-posted to: whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareF04118Flinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前Nobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody
minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 个月前Formally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.
minus-squareF04118Flinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 个月前Of course, but I don’t never need to be told nothing like that from nobody when I’m commenting in a pedantic language thread! /s
Nobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody
Formally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.
Of course, but I don’t never need to be told nothing like that from nobody when I’m commenting in a pedantic language thread! /s