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Who trespasses on the King's land? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That rule doesn't actually exist in English. It's a Latin rule that some British asshole in the 1800s wanted to impose on English because he believed that Latin was a perfect language and anything that works differently from Latin is a flaw to be corrected.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I play on hard mode

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You mean, hard mode is what you play on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Hard is the mode on which I play.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I play with hard mode on.

Edit: Dammit, someone beat me to the joke.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

The point is that "in" doesn't need to be in the text at all.