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Re:Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion i... by Sparrowhawk21 on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:52AM (#28402240)
"Write smartly" is normal to me as a speaker of British English. That's not to say the alternative shouldn't be preferred though.
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Re:Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion i... by dunefox on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:16AM (#28402697)
> Create courses and learn Smart!

"What's 'Smart' and why do I need to learn it?"

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Re:Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion i... by anigbrowl on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:21PM (#28409561)
British people dress smartly and often act smartly but I've never heard anyone say a a book was written smartly, if you see what I mean.
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Re:Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion i... by Sparrowhawk21 on Friday September 03, 2021 @05:41PM (#28409740)
They'd probably say "smartly written". But of course that wasn't the original phrase. My point was solely that it's not strange to us.
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