Punctuation is universal.
The symbols they use might be different but a full stop always goes at the end of a sentence.
It's stupid really that I always forget this.
Sarcasm too, that's not just an English construct either, as my French-speaking History teacher taught me when I asked. "Tu penses?" (you think?) she responded with a roll of her eyes.
It's probably pretty narrow-minded of me to think that this stuff doesn't exist in other languages, that metaphors and idioms and similes only exist in English. It just never occurred to me otherwise.
Sarcasm too, that's not just an English construct either, as my French-speaking History teacher taught me when I asked. "Tu penses?" (you think?) she responded with a roll of her eyes.
It's probably pretty narrow-minded of me to think that this stuff doesn't exist in other languages, that metaphors and idioms and similes only exist in English. It just never occurred to me otherwise.
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