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minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoMerriam-Webster lists 7 adjective forms, 2 adverb forms, 3 noun forms, and 3 verb forms. That’s definitely a lot of definitions for a word.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoTry get, put, run, or go. Those in my second language I’m constantly translating wrong because of how many different definition for those words there are. ‘Put’ has to be over 100 different definitions.
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEnglish is a fine language
minus-squareJuniper (she/her) 🫐@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou say that, but I think it’s rather thick
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThick like sexual? “Damn English you thicker than a bowl of oatmeal” thick?
Merriam-Webster lists 7 adjective forms, 2 adverb forms, 3 noun forms, and 3 verb forms. That’s definitely a lot of definitions for a word.
Try get, put, run, or go. Those in my second language I’m constantly translating wrong because of how many different definition for those words there are. ‘Put’ has to be over 100 different definitions.
English is a fine language
You say that, but I think it’s rather thick
Thick like sexual?
“Damn English you thicker than a bowl of oatmeal” thick?