Lvxferre [he/him]M to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-219 hours agoThough I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout.beehaw.orgimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down10cross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
arrow-up1210arrow-down1imageThough I was taught this through, or so I thought, it's still tough throughout.beehaw.orgLvxferre [he/him]M to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-219 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkcross-posted to: onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·19 hours agoYou were taught this through? Through what?
minus-squareBunnylux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours 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-up2·6 hours agoI’ve never seen anyone use a singular “through” as a synonym for “thoroughly”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]OPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·18 hours agoThrough the troughs of school, feeding me all those “delicious” spelling woes!
minus-squareJohnnyCanuck@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 hours agoMaybe “thoroughly” would fit better…
You were taught this through? Through what?
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?
Through the troughs of school, feeding me all those “delicious” spelling woes!
Maybe “thoroughly” would fit better…