minus-squaresqw@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agothat one doesn’t bother me at all. “needs fixing”, “needs to be fixed”, same thing. but “needs fixed” can fuck right off. linkfedilink
minus-squaresqw@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agomy peeve is the chopped infinitive, like “it needs fixed” instead of “it needs to be fixed” linkfedilink
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that one doesn’t bother me at all. “needs fixing”, “needs to be fixed”, same thing. but “needs fixed” can fuck right off.