The Picard Maneuver to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 7 months ago4th person pronoun?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1808
arrow-up1808image4th person pronoun?startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 7 months agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squaremagnetospherelinkfedilink8•7 months agoMaybe she should be more concerned that students are asking if her class is real.
minus-squareGnome Katlink10•7 months agoI am not sure if you are being genuine or not (chat?) but in case you are the phrase is not asking if something is literally real. It’s a way to express surprise at a situation “wow this thing is really happening”.
minus-squaremagnetospherelinkfedilink2•7 months agoI was being genuine, but the explanation “is this really happening?” shouldn’t seem much better from a teacher’s point of view.
minus-square@irmoz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoBut they’re not asing if the class is real
Maybe she should be more concerned that students are asking if her class is real.
I am not sure if you are being genuine or not (chat?) but in case you are the phrase is not asking if something is literally real. It’s a way to express surprise at a situation “wow this thing is really happening”.
I was being genuine, but the explanation “is this really happening?” shouldn’t seem much better from a teacher’s point of view.
But they’re not asing if the class is real