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[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 95 points 3 months ago (7 children)

The chances of a deal are said to be weeks away, if not non-existent.

What kind of non-sentence is that?

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's an existing sentence if it's not non-exisent.

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 20 points 3 months ago

Big if true and big.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a perfectly cromulent English sentence to me.

[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looked up "cromulent" in the dictionary. Wasn't disappointed!!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

The fact it's now in the dictionary proper is bizarre... but I mean... so is "okay." And that's almost the same ascended joke.

[–] pelotron@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago

It's what they most not the least

[–] ElCanut@jlai.lu 10 points 3 months ago

The kind of sentence you write when you're still 20 words from the target your editor set for the article

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

The chances of the coin flip yielding heads are roughly 50%, if coins don't not exist.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

It feels like it's saying "if rumors are true, the deal is weeks away." A reminder that it might not be the case.

[–] red_pigeon@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

It means when the author was waiting for his order at Popeyes, the guy in front who did small talk with him introduced himself as a Gitlab employee and told the author "Gitlab might sell in weeks. It is a deal or no deal"