Flying Squid to Mildly [email protected]English • 3 months agoAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up190
arrow-up190imageAs an English language pedant, I find this text message mildly infuriating.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to Mildly [email protected]English • 3 months agomessage-square39fedilink
That is not what “unstop” means. You unstop a drain that is clogged, you don’t unstop something you want to restart.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•3 months agoI don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.
I don’t know, the MW defines unstop as “free from obstruction” or “remove a stopper”. You could say that the “stop” text functions as an obstruction or stopper, which you can remove in order to receive texts again.