Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg

Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by spaniard89277 on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:49PM (#29600257)

In Spain journalism is lazy, but instances of poor writing are much less common than in the anglosphere. They do clickbait, but maybe it's because the spanish language is more formal than english, you can't really bee too creative without writing something meaningless.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by Eduard on Friday December 17, 2021 @08:56PM (#29600761)

This comment needs several fact checks

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by dieortin on Sunday December 19, 2021 @09:48AM (#29614331)

How is spanish more formal than english? You can write in a formal way or in a less formal one, like in most languages.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by necovek on Sunday December 26, 2021 @04:23AM (#29690923)

English is a bit notorious for "allowing" a lot of creative play with words (like that old quote of "every word can be verbed").

Another thing that affects perceived formality is that "you" in English is both singular and plural and out-of-respect You.

If you've ever done any translation between English and a foreign language, you'd notice that the appetite for such gymnastics is much less. (I think that's part of why there are so many English loanwords in other languages too, but I have no data to back it up)

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