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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The quote works either way. People just need to fuckin chill.

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  • usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It “works” in that we know what he meant, but it literally doesn’t work without the “a”.

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    • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      ‘Man’ is often used in the same way as ‘mankind’ which is how I’ve usually seen the quote interpreted. Clearly the preposition ‘a’ makes a very big difference but it still makes sense.

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