Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 year agoThough I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout.beehaw.orgimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down10cross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1234arrow-down1imageThough I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout.beehaw.orgLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agoYou were taught this through? Through what?
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoThrough the troughs of school, feeding me all those “delicious” spelling woes!
minus-squareJohnnyCanuck@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoMaybe “thoroughly” would fit better…
minus-squareBunnylux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s correct as written. Think of it like “see this through” or taught this “through and through”. You can say “taught this through” to mean, “taught this completely/well”.
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve never seen anyone use a singular “through” as a synonym for “thoroughly”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?
You were taught this through? Through what?
Through the troughs of school, feeding me all those “delicious” spelling woes!
Maybe “thoroughly” would fit better…
It’s correct as written. Think of it like “see this through” or taught this “through and through”. You can say “taught this through” to mean, “taught this completely/well”.
I’ve never seen anyone use a singular “through” as a synonym for “thoroughly”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?