@VanHalbgott to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoWhat zombie work across all mediums does it better?message-square22arrow-up133arrow-down112
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhat zombie work across all mediums does it better?@VanHalbgott to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square22
minus-square@fubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink27•1 month agoIn today’s example of a garden path sentence …
minus-square@Albbi@lemmy.calinkfedilink12•1 month agoNever heard of garden path sentences before. Very neat! I loved the examples on the Wikipedia page. Eg. The old man the boat. It’s so short and I love it as the first example.
minus-square@Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•1 month agoThat’s what irks me about this lazy dropping of the ‘of’ after ‘couple’ “I saw a couple birds” You saw them do what now?
minus-square@Xantar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink3•1 month agoI fail to see the path you took to OPs garden.
minus-square@Albbi@lemmy.calinkfedilink3•1 month agoMy first thought was ‘zombie work’ was a phrase for a job where you don’t have to think at all while doing it. Say a factory job like picking up rolls of tape and putting them in the tape dispenser.
In today’s example of a garden path sentence …
Never heard of garden path sentences before. Very neat! I loved the examples on the Wikipedia page.
Eg. The old man the boat.
It’s so short and I love it as the first example.
That’s what irks me about this lazy dropping of the ‘of’ after ‘couple’
“I saw a couple birds”
You saw them do what now?
I fail to see the path you took to OPs garden.
My first thought was ‘zombie work’ was a phrase for a job where you don’t have to think at all while doing it. Say a factory job like picking up rolls of tape and putting them in the tape dispenser.