Comment on Except maybe ...

• yggdar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It is correct, because ‘nothing’ is indeed written in stone!

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  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It isn’t, because “nothing” isn’t put in quotation marks like I or u have. Quotation marks indicate literality which would be required in this interpretation. So no, the absence of quotation marks makes this statement contradictory and hence, wrong.

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    • LemmysMum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There is no period so it’s not technically a statement. Ipso facto, your ruled regarding proper punctuation are null and void.

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      • UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Fair. However, as a title, it is essentially just a string of words that collectively act as a noun, or a name for the given face of the stone. Names being names can never be right or wrong. Hence, we all are wrong for trying to judge whether this string of words is right or wrong as it is semantically impossible for it to be right or wrong. By pointing this out, I am right and you are all wrong.

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    • blubton@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Cormac Mccarthy enters the chat

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