• evergreen@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “Googlers assigned to the building are making do with Ethernet cables, using phones as hotspots, or working outside, where the Wi-Fi is stronger.”

    How the fuck is a person that writes articles for a living not aware of the phrase “making due”? What goes through their mind when they write out “making do”? How the fuck does that make any sense to them?

    I hate to be that guy, but come on. It’s literally your job.

    Edit: Now it’s my job to admit that I was pretty damn wrong. Thanks chryan for posting this: https://www.grammar.com/make_do_vs._make_due

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        8 months ago

        Yeah looks like I may be wrong about “make do” being incorrect. Didn’t know the spelling was changed in the 40s. I’ve always seen it written as “due”. Seems like an odd word to use though. Wouldn’t due make more sense? Like you’re able to meet the dues that are required?

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          8 months ago

          Conversely, I’ve only ever seen “make do” used.

          “Make due” would make sense to me in the context where debt is a factor, for example, “make due on rent”.

          It doesn’t make sense when you apply that meaning to how the sentence was written in this article.

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            8 months ago

            Good point on the difference in context. I guess that’s how I’ve seen it used mostly.

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          8 months ago

          I see the correct form as ‘make-do’, which implies makeshift solutions or workarounds.

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        8 months ago

        Oh Geez. I didn’t know this until just now?

        I learned so much by reading literature… but I guess the idioms and spellings have moved on since they were written and I need to keep up.

        Frustrating, but thank you for the link.

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        8 months ago

        Yep, still hate it… I realized now that make do is the accepted agreed upon spelling.

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        8 months ago

        Was the dew you made of the mountainous variety? Did you have to make do with what you had in order to make due on your rental payment? Am I doing this right?

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      8 months ago

      You think that’s bad, you should take a gander at the official news sources in Jacksonville Florida. I don’t know if they’re still this bad, but as I recall they have not one, but at least two big news publications, both produce articles that look like they were written by grade schoolers. Anything that wasn’t copy/pasted from the AP seems to be written hastily by somebody who dropped out before understanding English. I’m sure many other cities have the same issue. The one is called news five or Jax 5 news, and the other is first coast news. They’ll hire anybody to write apparently.

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        8 months ago

        Oof. Yeah, I’d doubt they pay very much there, probably have to take what they can get. Maybe I should apply🤪