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Sentence #3690414

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Ooneykcall Ooneykcall December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 at 2:09:45 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

WARNING:
This is regarded as a grave mistake by some grammarians, however this change is quite widespread, because it seems many people feel this prefix to be more fitting somehow.

Eldad Eldad December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 at 2:20:01 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Thanks for the warning.

By the way, on a personal note: I also add various sentences with Hebrew verb forms that are considered colloquial (and I tag them as such - colloquial Hebrew variant). However, I never tried to grade them as a grave mistake by grammarians or a lesser mistake; maybe it's because I don't add variants that I consider grave mistakes.

Ooneykcall Ooneykcall December 13, 2014, edited December 13, 2014 December 13, 2014 at 2:24:56 PM UTC, edited December 13, 2014 at 2:25:37 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Well, *I* don't consider this to be a mistake, they do. :D I regard this as a perfectly cromulent colloquialism. It is one of those particular colloquialisms that for some reason earned the ire of quite a few grammar people, though, and you'd be in for a good reprimand if one of those grammar-nazi pedants hears you say it or sees you write it. Hence the warning. Too bad they do not realise the value of true diversity :>

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2733023Be careful not to slip!.

Осторожно, не подскользнись!

added by Ooneykcall, December 13, 2014

linked by Ooneykcall, December 13, 2014