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samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThe quote makes no sense without “a”. It’s always annoyed me that it’s not added in, whether he said it or not!
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThe quote makes no sense without “a”. It’s always annoyed me that it’s not added in, whether he said it or not!
zikzak025@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It still makes perfect sense, imo. I wouldn’t even call it incorrect on a technical level. The contrast between “man” as singular and “mankind” as collective should provide all of the context needed.
If I describe a scene of a story as “man goes to work,” no one assumes I’m talking about the collective of humanity.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
“Man goes to work” makes sense as a headline, but not as a statement. “Man” and “mankind” mean the same thing.
zikzak025@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Got it, so we can only confront our opponents man(kind)-to-man(kind).