spaduf@slrpnk.net to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoHow an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed scores of Palestinians in Gazaapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down112
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·3 months agoBecause “dozens” is less than “scores?” 12 < 20. What would be better?
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·3 months agoMaybe hundreds? Scores is such an 1800s word. It’s simply not used in today’s vernacular, and I’m not sure why you’re defending it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoI wasn’t defending anything. I literally asked what would be better. Apparently asking what would be better was bad.
Because “dozens” is less than “scores?”
12 < 20.
What would be better?
Maybe hundreds?
Scores is such an 1800s word. It’s simply not used in today’s vernacular, and I’m not sure why you’re defending it.
I wasn’t defending anything. I literally asked what would be better.
Apparently asking what would be better was bad.