• Lemminary@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    I once had what I thought was a friend

    You could start writing a book with that line.

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      16 days ago

      That’s true! However, I don’t like “what” there - friend or no, he was a who, not a what. I just couldn’t write “who I thought was a friend,” though reading it now it seems okay. Ah well; I’m no novelist, so feel free to claim the quote for yourself if you’d like.