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It was never needed in the past and ads no context that a simple exclamation point or bold letters could do if a person wants to add emphasis.

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[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Shouldn't be a problem, tho.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Some influencer probably started using it... And now everyone is like "language evolves ok?". :)

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No idea. It's a bit like when people suddenly started sentences with "I mean".

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[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You'll get used to it tho. Sike!! Not!!!

[–] ONRYO@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

I like it tho

[–] ani@endlesstalk.org 1 points 9 months ago

It's a while that's happening tho

[–] Tja@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I had to learn English as an adult and I can assure you it has existed for many years. I had to learn it like many other peculiarities of English.

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -2 points 9 months ago

It’s a shortening of though. If you don’t understand how “though” works as a word, I honestly don’t know how to explain it. My best bet is to just absorb as much English as possible by watching TV and reading fiction.

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