• SaraTonin@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Me too

    One thing I’ve never heard any native English speaker say, but have heard from more than one non-native speaker is the phrase ”we perfectly know“. Something like “as we perfectly know, English is a living language”

    I’m not sure exactly what word I’d substitute in there to make it “proper” English, but I do know I don’t want to

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      5 minutes ago

      I’ve heard British English say “we all well know” as a canned phrase even though that isn’t proper English grammar. I suspect it’s borrowed from French, like a lot of British English phrases.