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13861361 No.13861361 [Reply] [Original]

ITT times when you were grammar nazi'd in real life

>middle school, biology class
>teacher is talking about how the school is going to hold a fund-raising event to donate to cancer research charities
>the event will have cancer survivors to talk to us kids about the experience
>I thought that "cancer survivor" was a person who had cancer in the past and no longer had it, they survived the experience
>ask the teacher "will there be non-survivors?" by which I meant people who were still living with cancer, they hadn'r survived yet or maybe at all
>teacher corrects me, says cancer survivors are people who are currently surviving it, not survived it in the past and are healed now
>whole class laughs at me

It was one of the most embarassing moments of my life

>> No.13861377

English is some fucked up shit.

>> No.13861394

That really isn't that embarassing

>> No.13861405

>>13861361
>>whole class laughs at me
And then a bald eagle flew in through the window and cried crocodile tears and everyone clapped.

>> No.13861412

>>13861361
Americans dimwit so me not knew

>> No.13861416

>>13861361
>I thought that "cancer survivor" was a person who had cancer in the past and no longer had it, they survived the experience
i-it doesn't mean that??

>> No.13861418

>>13861361
honestly that sounds funny as shit and maybe those kids thought you were making a joke. i would chuckle.