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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I see this all over and it always goes without comment, so I'm curious; is "and" used instead of "an" in a dialect I'm unaware of? Kinda like how "anymore" has a slightly different usage (I think in the southern us)

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Typo, most likely.

[-] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago
[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

"which fills out and empty space"

My guess is that the and there is a typo.

[-] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

ohhhh i did spend a minute trying to figure out what that meant lol

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Anymore has different usages??

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, in my neck of the woods it's always used in a negative statement (we don't go there anymore, can't anymore, etc) but some places use it in positive statements kinda like "nowadays" (we go there anymore). Trips me up a bit whenever I encounter it.

Here's an article about it

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That is super weird. I haven't ever encountered it. And thanks for the sauce.

I'll be on the lookout anymore.

(That just feels wrong to write!)

[-] rob64@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure about "anymore"—other than moving it to the start of the sentence—but I have noticed that "whenever" seems to have become fully interchangeable with "when" for some southerners.

[-] dtxer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Possible autocorrecr

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