Syria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years. (restofworld.org)
from Cat@ponder.cat to technology@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 18:43
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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 18:46 next collapse

Curious who sponsored it…

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 18:54 collapse

You could read the article and find out.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 19:25 collapse

I’m not curious about WHO sponsored it…

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 19:35 collapse

Then use a complete sentence instead of leaving it ambiguous.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 19:45 collapse

That is a grammatically correct sentence in English. What are you complaining about?

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 19:53 collapse

It isn’t, really. In informal English, subject ellipsis is common, but the implied subject is usually “I”, hence my original comment.

Subject ellipsis occurs in the casual register with first person as the predominant referent

www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0378216603000997

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 20:00 next collapse

Well. Allow me to retort: …stackexchange.com/…/is-curious-if-improper-to-us…

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 20:06 collapse

Yes, that supports what I was saying.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 21:19 collapse

Says the exact opposite. Keep reading.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 21:21 collapse

I read the whole thing. I didn’t see any examples of “it is curious”, only “I am curious”.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 21:30 collapse

You’re really making me work for it when you could just read it and back off:

The specific usage of “curious if” is perfectly acceptable in much the say way that “curious whether” is acceptable. It does not imply a conditional.

I’m curious whether other people feel like I do.

“Curious,” by the way, has a few other variants:

I’m curious if other people feel like I do.

I’m curious as to whether other people feel like I do.

I’m curious about whether people feel like I do.

To directly answer your question:

However, is it actually improper or logically incorrect?

No, it is not improper or logically incorrect. Which of these is more appropriate is a matter of personal and regional preferences.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 12 Feb 21:57 collapse

So a complete version of your original comment would be, per these examples, “I am curious about who sponsored it”? Because my original reply was a response to the implied question: it says who sponsored it in the article, so you can read it and find out. If my inference was incorrect, please clarify. That’s why I recommended using complete, unambiguous sentences in the first place.

just_another_person@lemmy.world on 12 Feb 22:35 collapse

Stop drinking. Read instead.

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works on 13 Feb 00:01 collapse

That’s great. Should have these more frequently as 50 year intervals leaves a lot of ground to cover.