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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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That comma, usage annoyed, me.
Idk man, I'm not a native English speaker
What is your first language if you don't mind me asking
All good, it's German. We have terrible comma usage
I've found it interesting how people who learned English as a second language tend to use sentence structures and patterns associated with their first language. What are the ways to tell if a German speaker is obviously American or has learned English first, if you know them?
Pronunciation is a big one - they often struggle with the "r", and other sounds such as "ch". Also, instead of "the", German has "der", "die" and "das" with no obvious structure when you should use which, so people fail to say the correct one.
My favourite German word can be used now, although probably spelled incorrectly and missing accents. Your comma usage is verbesserungsbedurftig.
Yes it is :)
In Ukrainian, we would have even one more comma in this text: after "identify".