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-squareBunnylux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 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?
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?