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minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·2 days agoback in the day news papers were like long tweets. it cost extra for more words/characters. so they remove/replace ones that didn’t break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoBut just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoMaybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?
back in the day news papers were like long tweets.
it cost extra for more words/characters.
so they remove/replace ones that didn’t break context. 👈 like I did here. removed 8 words but preserved the idea.
But just saying “which he named” would be less characters and make more sense
Maybe a post editor hastily deleted some words?