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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Neil claimed, and I think we should believe him, that he said “a man” but the radio glitched.
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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Neil claimed, and I think we should believe him, that he said “a man” but the radio glitched.
athatet@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
The quote works either way. People just need to fuckin chill.
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
It “works” in that we know what he meant, but it literally doesn’t work without the “a”.
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.