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Re:Lifting the Shadows of the NSA’s Equation Group by 4bpp on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:47AM (#12296245)
(Modern) Russian doesn't even have a verb corresponding to "is", so I'm not convinced that this turn of phrase is a thing that exists outside of American movies.
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Re:Lifting the Shadows of the NSA’s Equation Group by Pyxl101 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:16AM (#12302472)
I have seen actual Slavic non-native English speakers make this mistake (more than one). I haven't inquired into why. I was giving one of those people informal advice to improve their English, and that was one of the things I had to keep reminding them about.
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