• FridaySteve@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “Only” 10 years makes it sound shorter than it should be. 10 years is way, way longer than any bubble should last.

    A lot of folks whose first language isn’t English use “only” in the way OP did. It’s not to signify a shorter amount of time than people think it ought to be. It means in this case that the AI bubble would not pop before 10 years is up.

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      1 day ago

      Yeah, I’d say there’s a difference between “in only 10 years” and “in 10 years only,” though this is coming from a non-native speaker as well 😅

      It is annoying, though, that there is no (clear,) concise way to say “pas over 10 jaar” like I can in Dutch.

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      1 day ago

      Nonsense. “Only after” is a common phrase or sentence structure, amongst native or non-native speakers.