China threatened to send Lithuania to the 'garbage bin of history' (businessinsider.com) 8 points by lnxg33k1 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] lnxg33k1 4y ago ↗ I think the worst take about this is that right now China doesn't seem to consider viable a diplomatic approach towards a country which is member of European Union and NATO, and i guess that is quite concerning [–] morpheos137 4y ago ↗ Does anybody know when and why the word "take" has assumed such a significant non-standard usage online? [–] lnxg33k1 4y ago ↗ Sorry I am Italian and English is not my mother language, I saw it used that way and thought it was fine but forgot about this other article https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161028-native-english... :DBut if you can't trust native speakers to understand a language then where the world goes?
[–] morpheos137 4y ago ↗ Does anybody know when and why the word "take" has assumed such a significant non-standard usage online? [–] lnxg33k1 4y ago ↗ Sorry I am Italian and English is not my mother language, I saw it used that way and thought it was fine but forgot about this other article https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161028-native-english... :DBut if you can't trust native speakers to understand a language then where the world goes?
[–] lnxg33k1 4y ago ↗ Sorry I am Italian and English is not my mother language, I saw it used that way and thought it was fine but forgot about this other article https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161028-native-english... :DBut if you can't trust native speakers to understand a language then where the world goes?
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