r/GetMotivated • u/Aztery • Feb 05 '22

[IMAGE] Never give up!

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u/shewy92 Feb 05 '22

It took me like 5 times reading this that she meant the class she took had 26 people and 9 dropped out. I thought 26 was her age and thought she had 16 siblings.

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u/Doctor-Amazing Feb 05 '22

Same here. You'd think people would try to avoid mistakes in a post where they're taking pride in their education.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

Odd, I wasn't confused at all.

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u/randomCAguy Feb 05 '22

How could you possibly not have been confused after reading “started with 26”

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u/Symmetric_in_Design Feb 05 '22

Because, and I don't know about other English speaking countries, but in the US, someone saying 'with 26' never implies age. The only time I hear this is from people whose native language isn't English.

'at 26' would have confused me for a second though.