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[-] feannag@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

How is except an incorrect word here? One of it's definitions is with the exclusion of.

[-] Derpykat5@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

"Except" notes an exception, but "other weapons" already implies the exception, so "other weapons except bow" is redundant. More correct options would be "other weapons than bow" or just "other weapons" as it could imply "other than bow".

That said, as another commenter pointed out, the grammatical incorrectness is probably deliberate.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

It is slightly less gramatically correct, but that fits the meme.

[-] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Fair point. I'll try to keep a better eye on the ghost of my nana, sorry. ๐Ÿ˜œ

[-] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It can be a little convoluted, but if you look at "magic" "other weapons" and "bows" as a non-pro equation, maybe that helps? "Bows" modifies "other weapons", not "magic, and as it's also a weapon type, the correct syntax would look like this, essentially: m+(o^โˆž^-b)

Therefore, "weapons besides bows" or, the clunkier one (used "other" already), "weapons other than bows" would be a more betterly constructed sentence.

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