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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by koenigdavidmj on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @04:37PM (#11441887)
Even so, you still really have to know the idiomatic phrases, which can be considered as separate semantic units. Just because you know what "follow" and "up" are doesn't mean that you know what it means to "follow up".
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Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ... by Semiapies on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @07:20PM (#11443160)
Yes, the use of idioms and slang is basically a cheat around the thousand-word limit of Basic English by writers trying to use it.
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