Dasnap@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 1 year agoI like seeing the numbers go upi.imgur.comimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1708arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1697arrow-down1imageI like seeing the numbers go upi.imgur.comDasnap@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor · 1 year agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaresmashboy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh!! Haha I didn’t realize that until I read it again 😅 That’s a confusing sentence if you read it the other way. I wonder if there’s a name for sentences that change meaning as you read/hear the later part of the sentence.
minus-squareReCursing@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey’re sometimes called garden path sentences because they lead you up the garden path. Some more examples: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/garden-sentences-262915
Oh!! Haha I didn’t realize that until I read it again 😅 That’s a confusing sentence if you read it the other way. I wonder if there’s a name for sentences that change meaning as you read/hear the later part of the sentence.
They’re sometimes called garden path sentences because they lead you up the garden path. Some more examples: https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/garden-sentences-262915