Rozaŭtuno to Fuck [email protected]English • 3 months agoHeatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up1876arrow-down143cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1833arrow-down1imageHeatwave is no joke...lemmy.worldRozaŭtuno to Fuck [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square139fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoNobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody
minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilink4•3 months agoFormally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 months agoOf course, but I don’t never need to be told nothing like that from nobody when I’m commenting in a pedantic language thread! /s
Nobody is a negation (not anybody). So they do have to explain themselves to somebody
Formally yes, but I believe that’s an (American English?) informal way of speaking where “nobody” actually means “anybody”. Similarly to how “I don’t need no man” means “I don’t need any man”.
Of course, but I don’t never need to be told nothing like that from nobody when I’m commenting in a pedantic language thread! /s