An experiment shows that bonobos can understand when a human lacks knowledge and point them in the right direction
  • 7uWqKj@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    “They can tell” implies "they can speak“. No they can’t. #Clickbait

    • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 month ago

      “They can tell” implies "they can speak“

      That… isn’t what that phrase means in English. I assume you’re new to the language?

      • 7uWqKj@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I’m not, and I’m perfectly aware of the ambiguity of “tell” meaning both “understand” and “communicate”. But so is the person who wrote that clickbait title.