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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (16 children)

The "good" thing about it killing rapidly is there is less chance of it spreading. So I would not expect another global pandemic from it.

Although the bad thing is still that if you do get it, your chances of survival aren't good...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (15 children)

God, I hope it doesn’t spread, because then people will keep saying global pandemic.

Pandemic already means global.

It’s like saying Mariachi Band, or ATM Machine.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (5 children)

For what it's worth, I always prefer being redundant if it makes the meaning clearer to a non-native speaker audience.

For instance I didn't know "pandemic" implicitly meant "global". In my ignorance I thought you could have a localized pandemic. But by saying "global pandemic" it makes it more obvious to everyone, including those who, like me, didn't know.

Also I'll personally keep saying "my phone had an LCD display" because it feels smoother than "my phone has a LCD".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Even for native speakers! If I told my parents to get a new LCD they'd think I was telling them to buy drugs.

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