Submitted by Digsants t3_z5zmlq in Showerthoughts
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JustSomeApparition t1_ixynd81 wrote
Ya' know... I never knew it was possible for someone to have a stutter in text form. The internet really is a miraculous place full of possibilities. đ¤
The_JokerGirl42 t1_ixyp8uq wrote
this would've been a great post if it was originally your thought but you just stole it.
RegularBasicStranger t1_ixyssrf wrote
Because people would have learned that when "before" is used before a part that has "was", it should follow the form "before x was x, x was y".
Such a form was created via generalising similar sentences to reduce neuron usage since redundancy will get reduced.
So the sentences "before Facebook was Meta, Facebook was Facebook" and "before Google was Alphabet, Google was Google" can be generalised to just "Google", "Alphabet" pair and "Facebook", "Meta" pair, reducing 3 neurons cost for the second sentence since "before x was x, x was y" can be used for it.
The pairs can also be used for other forms such as "x was y in the past" and so also allows the pairs to be used for other forms despite never hearing the pair being used in such a form.
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J-DROP t1_ixyx83d wrote
Yeah we've all heard this one before, blew my mind the first time round
J-DROP t1_ixyxb7h wrote
Jaded_genie t1_ixyznqj wrote
Question to the grammar buffs: Wouldnât it be more correct to say âBefore was was was, was had been isâ?
Digsants OP t1_ixzy3dy wrote
Wh-what so you mean?
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