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JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This is the only post in the entire thread attempting to parse the grammar.

It feels wrong because as you pointed out, as text, the pronoun “they” has no antecedent. Who are they?

But there is a picture, too. That’s them!

It’s not just type, it’s typography. You have to analyze the grammar of something like one page of a picture book or a movie poster or advert in its context.

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