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Old 08-01-2019, 06:57 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frownland View Post
Which is why I'm standing up against it, but at least you recognize that your stance is only driven by arbitrary conformity.

Like is there really a loss of communication when I say This Heat is a good band?
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"This Heat is" sounds fine

but if you went to the concert last week you'd say "I just saw them"

Why? I don't know

But "I just saw it" sounds atrocious
Exactly. Ex. Act. Ly. It's context driven and if you can't grasp context then you can't grasp language.
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