stoly

It's always been that way. I am a state employee and can get fired and fined for listening to Spotify over the network because that's making undue use of state resources. They only put these policies in place to hurt the small people, not the big ones.

And you get a block. No need for toxic people in my life.

That's my point.

You'll have to explain why you made it personal before I engage with your statement.

They are not independent. They are under the rule of the crown. 4-5 years ago the governor of Australia, who reports to the crown, dissolved parliament.

And for a linguist the question is really whether there are native speakers who consider it correct. Here there are millions who say yes.

I think you’d call this elision. Assume that the phrase is originally “the car needs to be washed” but you cut out “to be”, making it into a shorter form. It’s pretty common in language to shorten things to make it faster to speak. Think of the endless contractions in English or perhaps leaving part of a sentence completely unspoken because the content is easily assumed by the interlocutors.

You are very brave to go over there...

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed. Good for him, though, he's trying.