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Must sell

Posted by astraya

I am a member of Facebook buy/sell/swap/free group in my local area. One member is selling an item of furniture with the explanation:

Must sell father in nursing home

Just … no.

Tagged ambiguity, being silly, capitalisation, Facebook, language in real life, language on the internet, punctuation, sentences

Dec·10

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I have worked as a music teacher, legal and magazine editor, and English language teacher in Australia and South Korea. I have lived in various parts of Australia, and in South Korea for two periods totalling three and a half years. I hold qualifications in linguistics, TESOL and classical music. My interests include language and languages, music (listening to, singing in choirs, composing), reading, movies and TV, photography and travel.

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