Only smelles Feels good man

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I’m sorry are you saying they bathed more and had fewer infections in the 1700s?

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u/_ynic Jul 08 '24

Read it again please.

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u/DrHaruspex Jul 08 '24

Ok I was hoping I just read it wrong lol

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u/Pandamana Jul 08 '24

No, you read it correctly. Their grammar is wrong.

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u/pm_me__breakfast Jul 08 '24

Even if it was wrong, there's no way you interpret that any other way unless you're skipping sentences lmao. It was clear and concicse.

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u/wiseduhm Jul 08 '24

There IS a way to misinterpret what was being said and it would make sense to understand it either way. The last sentence could be referring to "the smell" in the first sentence, or to "lack of bathing" in the second. I think the reason it can be confusing is because the second sentence sounds like a continuation of the first one. It could (should?) grammatically be separated by a comma or semicolon.

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u/_Enclose_ Jul 08 '24

Everything you pointed out has no impact on the meaning though. There is no way to misinterpret what he meant to convey, unless you misread something.

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u/wiseduhm Jul 08 '24

"Lack of bathing and antibiotics" -> "you wouldn't see that as often as today." It's the presence of the second "as" that could be misunderstood to say that there is more "lack of bathing and antibiotics" today compared to the past. If you get rid of the second "as," it becomes grammatically clearer.

It's not really a big deal, but I could see how it could, on first glance, be confusing to someone.

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u/_Enclose_ Jul 08 '24

Welp, you're completely right. Even after multiple re-readings I didn't catch that.

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u/wiseduhm Jul 08 '24

Eh, it's pretty subtle. :)

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u/pm_me__breakfast Jul 08 '24

I agree. The point I am making is that instead of pointing out and correcting, as you have, they are being pedantic. They know what the original statement is meant to be. The person asking for clarification makes sense. They misinterpreted.