▲ 1907 ▼ That's unfortunate (lemm.ee) submitted 3 years ago by LambLeeg@lemm.ee to c/memes@lemmy.ml 311 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kungen@feddit.nu 19 points 3 years ago (2 children) There, their, they're. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-the-english-word-with-the-most-definitions-is-set/ 430 diffrent meanings 264 as a verb https://www.oed.com/dictionary/set_v1?tab=factsheet#23402997 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) American here, I'm going to challenge myself to remember as many as I can. Set: A group of things that go together. Set: Letting a dessert cool in the fridge Set: A stage for a play or film Set: A command to put something somewhere Set: A part of Tennis ... 5/704 isn't so bad, right? Edit: looking up the definitions shows a lot of sub-definitions that essentially have the same meaning. I don't think it's appropriate to say that the word has 435 meanings when "set a course" and "set a fire" are basically "start a thing," yet they're listed as different definitions. The are many many of these cases even just on Google's definition blurb. But I'm no dictionary expert so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah some do seem the same, but thats possilbe also a bias from knowning the language. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Pinklink@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Though through thought permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 years ago* have/of of/off to/too ad/add I today saw someone use "theirs" in place of "there is", and I hope that they are a non-native speaker. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/news/morning-start-the-english-word-with-the-most-definitions-is-set/ 430 diffrent meanings 264 as a verb https://www.oed.com/dictionary/set_v1?tab=factsheet#23402997 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) American here, I'm going to challenge myself to remember as many as I can. Set: A group of things that go together. Set: Letting a dessert cool in the fridge Set: A stage for a play or film Set: A command to put something somewhere Set: A part of Tennis ... 5/704 isn't so bad, right? Edit: looking up the definitions shows a lot of sub-definitions that essentially have the same meaning. I don't think it's appropriate to say that the word has 435 meanings when "set a course" and "set a fire" are basically "start a thing," yet they're listed as different definitions. The are many many of these cases even just on Google's definition blurb. But I'm no dictionary expert so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah some do seem the same, but thats possilbe also a bias from knowning the language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) American here, I'm going to challenge myself to remember as many as I can. Set: A group of things that go together. Set: Letting a dessert cool in the fridge Set: A stage for a play or film Set: A command to put something somewhere Set: A part of Tennis ... 5/704 isn't so bad, right? Edit: looking up the definitions shows a lot of sub-definitions that essentially have the same meaning. I don't think it's appropriate to say that the word has 435 meanings when "set a course" and "set a fire" are basically "start a thing," yet they're listed as different definitions. The are many many of these cases even just on Google's definition blurb. But I'm no dictionary expert so... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah some do seem the same, but thats possilbe also a bias from knowning the language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yeah some do seem the same, but thats possilbe also a bias from knowning the language. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pinklink@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Though through thought permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 years ago* have/of of/off to/too ad/add I today saw someone use "theirs" in place of "there is", and I hope that they are a non-native speaker. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 years ago* have/of of/off to/too ad/add I today saw someone use "theirs" in place of "there is", and I hope that they are a non-native speaker. permalink fedilink source parent