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minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoI like “yet” as a past tense because it sounds needlessly confusing.
minus-squarePat_RiotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months agoYet sounds like the way an old southern man would use it in past tense. “Fella just wouldn’t shut up, so I yet 'im into the gorge.”
I like “yet” as a past tense because it sounds needlessly confusing.
Yet sounds like the way an old southern man would use it in past tense.
“Fella just wouldn’t shut up, so I yet 'im into the gorge.”