• Scholars_Mate@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      To native English speakers, yes. To non-native speakers, this is yet another bizarre rule they just have to memorize.

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        9 months ago

        Hey, did you know your profile is set to appear as a bot and as a result many may be filtering your posts and comments? You can change this in your Lemmy settings.

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        9 months ago

        Or they could just ignore it because the point of language rules is to communicate unambiguously and the meaning of “deers” is pretty clear while “deer” is ambiguous.