• Pika@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Getting any degree at University is the same way, bachelor’s is the first level that requires an actual internship in order to go anywhere, it is gone to the point where internship listings are starting to put in their job listing “prior internship experience preferred”

    So like the job that is meant to give you the skills to start out is wanting an additional internship prior to being hired. This country is going to hell lmao

  • chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I generally think the rule on splitting infinitives was made up by English majors upset that English isn’t more compatible with Latin, but in this case I think the attempt to avoid the split made the sentence weaker and ruins the sentiment.

    “Trying to not kill yourself” implies effort. It sounds like you’re actively avoiding something. “Trying not to kill yourself” sounds like you’re doing something different, to change it up.

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      5 hours ago

      That’s interesting. I feel differently. “Trying not to kill myself” sounds a lot more natural than the split “trying to not kill myself.” “Trying to not kill myself” sounds like internet slang that makes the statement sound awkward on purpose so it’s taken less seriously. But the former format is way more natural to speak.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      You’re right. There’s no actual rule in English that you can’t split infinitives. It was copied over from Latin in an attempt to try to come up with some rules for grammar.

      Source: Many nerdy discussions with Star Trek geeks about “to boldly go where no one has gone before”

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Had to quit the depression meds because I couldn’t cum, even if I did manage to care enough to try fucking.