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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by hexmiles on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @08:24AM (#37047906)
Off-topic question from non-native English speaker, on the website is present this phrase; "We agree that the worst person to be stuck in traffic, is you.", I instinctively read it as them calling me the worst person, which is clearly not the case, and I understand what they mean, but I still feel like this phrasing is off...
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by mnky9800n on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @08:31AM (#37048001)
I suppose it is supposed to be tongue in cheek but as a native english speaker i also find it awkward even though it might be correct.
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by dave881 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @08:43AM (#37048176)
As a native speaker, this is awkward phrasing.
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by hardlianotion on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @08:44AM (#37048198)
It is correct, but phrased to be surprising.
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by dtgriscom on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:17AM (#37048537)
Not a fan of that comma, but it's probably there to make the best of an awkward sentence structure.
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by mminer237 on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:27AM (#37048659)
The biggest problem is that random comma.
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by foundart on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @09:37AM (#37048785)
If the intent was to communicate a pause, I think an ellipsis would be the way to go.

"We agree that the worst person to be stuck in traffic ... is you."

One source for this is item 7 at https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/ellipses-definition-...

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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by prmoustache on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:01PM (#37051095)
One would argue that there is no such thing as being stuck in traffic. You are the traffic and thus part of the problem. So it is not that badly phrased. ;-)
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Re:Magic Earth: OSM based map and routing with crowd sourced... by Doxin on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:35AM (#37088539)
Non native too, but I think "The last person you want to be stuck in traffic, is you" is a better phrasing here. It avoids accidentally calling your customers the worst anyways.
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