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Re:Netherlands bans illegal downloading by Cthulhu_ on Thursday April 10, 2014 @09:19AM (#7565769)
wsc981 made an unfortunate language error / directly translated a Dutch expression to english; 'being illegal' in his example translates to living in the Netherlands as an illegal immigrant, which, while 'illegal', is not actually enforced as a crime.
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Re:Netherlands bans illegal downloading by creatio on Thursday April 10, 2014 @09:56AM (#7566062)
Not be picky or anything. What precisely is the language error? I read the sentence and understood the meaning conveyed.
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Re:Netherlands bans illegal downloading by drcube on Thursday April 10, 2014 @12:57PM (#7567822)
How does one "be illegal"? I think it doesn't make sense (or is at least ambiguous and confusing) unless you replace it with "being here illegally".
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