Quick tip - if the majority of people who read something find it ambiguous, it is. Plain and simple - especially for languages like English that don't have a central authority for setting language rules.

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

We can't help it if the US doesn't teach it's population proper English, take it up with your education system.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

Quick tip - People with a poor grasp of un-simplified English are not the majority

[–] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's written by a British person in OG English. This phrase isn't unambiguous here and it took me a sec to figure out why people were confused. It's just a syntax difference but surely you can figure it out with context clues, just like I did with your interpretation.