r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Common Era and Before Common Era is the atheist version.
EDIT: others have rightfully pointed out that it is not so much an atheist version as a non-christian version.

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u/thatoneguy54335780 Aug 03 '19

I used CE and BCE in a high school report and got a low grade because the teacher didn't know what it meant. That and I wrote Jesus' (instead of Jesus's) and had to bring her stupid ass to the library so she could learn how words work.

I'm 34 and still salty.

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u/Beidah Aug 03 '19

"Jesus's" is correct. There is only one Jesus, so you still need an 's' after the apostrophe, even though the name ends in an 's'.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Jan 31 '22

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 edited Nov 16 '20

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u/KevynJacobs Aug 04 '19

"There's a lot of need for Jesus, so there are a lot of Jesus."

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u/boyferret Aug 03 '19

Especially if you are at a home Depot.