• jbrains@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 year ago

        "The average person has… " is very different from “People on average have…”.

        I suspect you meant the second, but sometimes people truly mean the first.

        The difference doesn’t matter until it very suddenly matters. 😉

        • quinnly@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 year ago

          I was actually quoting Bo Burnham, it’s a direct quote from his 2010 special Words Words Words