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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by notpushkin on Thursday April 04, 2024 @02:14PM (#39934002)
That's interesting: I've only seen "point in case" being used, never "case in point" (although it does make a lot more sense, now that I think of it).
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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by whimsicalism on Thursday April 04, 2024 @02:20PM (#39934061)
you must not be a native speaker, i have never heard 'point in case' before this conversation. but fwiw, neither really make much sense to me
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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by 1letterunixname on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:58PM (#39935731)
Pedantic language shaming is uncool and other people's experiences are different from your own. Get over it.
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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by maxcoder4 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:44PM (#39936135)
As a non-native speaker I appreciate comments like GP, because they let me improve my English and speak better. It's not pedantic if the "shamer" is obviously right (I've consulted internet and it looks like he is). I think correcting other people speech is valuable because it lets us all understand each other better.
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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by notpushkin on Friday April 05, 2024 @06:48PM (#39948215)
Same, didn't read any shaming at all here :-)
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Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program by whimsicalism on Thursday April 04, 2024 @07:17PM (#39937021)
if you read shaming in my comment, it was a misread. it's of course perfectly fine & great to not be a native speaker
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