Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 hours agoWhy is it called independence Day tomorrow? Shouldn't it be undependents day? At any rate we screwed it up.message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it called independence Day tomorrow? Shouldn't it be undependents day? At any rate we screwed it up.Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-23 hours agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·17 hours agoI mean the “in” stand for “not”, like how the “in” in “inconclusive” makes it “not conclusive”. While “un” also mean “not”, it’s hard to argue that “undependent” read better than “independent”.
I mean the “in” stand for “not”, like how the “in” in “inconclusive” makes it “not conclusive”. While “un” also mean “not”, it’s hard to argue that “undependent” read better than “independent”.