minus-squarerarbg@lemmy.ziptopolitics @lemmy.world•Masked Thugs Kidnap Another Student Off the StreetlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-26 days agoEnglish is so fucking weird. In this sentence “Off” the street is as “taken off the street” (was on the street) but my brain interpreted it as kidnapped off-street (someone’s home?). The sentence completely changes meaning with “the” linkfedilink
English is so fucking weird. In this sentence “Off” the street is as “taken off the street” (was on the street) but my brain interpreted it as kidnapped off-street (someone’s home?). The sentence completely changes meaning with “the”