Do you use your foresight efficiently?

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LifeIsShort · M

Nope.

popmol · 26-30, M

@LifeIsShort how come?

LifeIsShort · M

@popmol I don't know.

I know that you're going to ask more questions but I replied to the post anyway.

Sometimes I just don't use foresight.

popmol · 26-30, M

@LifeIsShort i see!

SW-User

@popmol

Young man, "how come" is a crude vulgarism for "why".
I guess I put you in your place, eh?! 🧐

popmol · 26-30, M

@SW-User i'm sorry i don't get it.

SW-User

@popmol

"Why" should be used instead of "how come".
Just like it's unnecessary to ask "Where are you at?" Why use the superfluous "at"?

popmol · 26-30, M

@SW-User i like how come, it sounds fancy.

SW-User

@popmol

Then you're a fancy boy?

🤣

popmol · 26-30, M

@SW-User i guess so?

SW-User

@popmol

I don't think so. My remark was tactless. Sorry.

popmol · 26-30, M

@SW-User i' don't particularly get it so i don't mind.

SW-User

@popmol

It means you are a dandy - you like to be stylish. Wear your Sunday best clothes whenever you step out in public.

popmol · 26-30, M

@SW-User Stylish with language not clothes! although i want a jester suit!

SW-User

@popmol

Yep! You and Zonkey would've got along just fine!

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@popmol

i like how come, it sounds fancy

Only if English is not your mother tongue.

popmol · 26-30, M

@ninalanyon why do you dislike it if you are english?

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@popmol I don't dislike it, it is simply not fancy. It is just everyday casual speech. I suspect that it might be a contraction for something like How did that come to be.

Merriam-Webster agrees with me:

The Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary says “how come” is “used to ask why something has happened or is true.” It is a short form of “how did it come about that.” The dictionary also says the expression is usually found in the United States and is used in casual speech. When it appears in news headlines, Merriam-Webster says the purpose is to create a more relaxed quality to the writing.

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/why-do-we-say-how-come-/5930912.html

popmol · 26-30, M

@ninalanyon yeah obviously you'll sound fancier if you say the full version of shortened things!