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Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’ (7news.com.au)
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Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’::‘Was annoyed that the amount due on my Woolies purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Except language is demonstrably fluid, meanwhile it seems like your grasping of prescriptive pedantry is coincidentally just a lazy reason to try and be correct when everyone knew what "instore" meant.

Do you say "God be with you" when departing, or just goodbye?

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  • [+] -8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Of course it is. That doesn't mean every missing or grammatical mistake is an example of language evolving. Usually it's just carelessness or ignorance.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Carelessness or ignorance, believe it or not, evolve language. Have you heard of compound words?

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