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Re:PHP is worth learning and using by CrazyStat on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:39AM (#29265204)
This is called pronoun dropping [1] and happens in quite a few languages, including Japanese as noted.

I had a friend in college who would always point it out (in English, where it's not very common). I still notice it often years later and I'm pretty sure it's thanks to her making me aware of it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-drop_language

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Re:PHP is worth learning and using by hellojesus on Thursday November 18, 2021 @02:26PM (#29269333)
Interesting. The Chinese examples on the wiki page sounded completely natural to me and are in accordance with how I speak/interpret the language, but I never realized I was dropping pronouns due to their inference.

Thanks for the insight!

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