Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by scoot on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:01PM
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Hmm, you're absolutely right! (And the dictionary I consulted is as wrong as I was.) So why does the post I was replying to not work as is?
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Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by Doctor_Fegg on Sunday January 19, 2020 @01:35AM
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The "even" both breaks up the flow and makes the "bloody" unnecessary - i.e. you've already said "even", you don't need to say "bloody" too.
So although there's nothing grammatically wrong with the sentence, it reads awkwardly. A native British English speaker would be more likely to use your suggestion. It's just one of those barely documented curiosities like adjective order (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/13/senten...).
Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by scoot on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:41PM
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Oh, that's brilliant! I'd seen this described before, but not distilled down to that specific order. Thank you!
Re:Volkswagen exec admits full self-driving cars 'may never ...
by clouddrover on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:26PM
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It does bloody work as is. People bloody say "bloody verb" all the bloody time.
Here's a bloody example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWhjojt5dw