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It must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office. (lemmy.world)

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[-] BritishDuffer@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Putt is shorthand for "put and only put".

[-] Mesa@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Verbose HTTP is looking great.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

As opposed to "put and do something else"?

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

No get! Only put

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