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[-] lugal@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 months ago

I am not a native speaker so forgive this stupid question: does "every other" here mean "every second" as in "every other day" or "everyone except me" like I'm the only guy without a life?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

~~The latter.~~ Actually, wait, no: in this case it means "every" including you, but with an emphasis on those who are not you.

[-] IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago

It's ok, even as a native speaker I had to think through this same thing. I have come to the conclusion it is talking about "all the other drivers on the highway".

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Every other-car emphasis rather than every-other car.

[-] Bumblefumble@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

It probably is supposed to mean the second, but it reads like the first. To make it actually properly read like the second it would be "all (the) other cars".