Flying Squid to Mildly [email protected]English • 3 days agoAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.lemmy.worldmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up188file-text
arrow-up188imageAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to Mildly [email protected]English • 3 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
That is not what “unstop” means. You unstop a drain that is clogged, you don’t unstop something you want to restart.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•3 days agoI don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.
I don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.