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		throwoutway on Oct 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NY Supreme Court reinstates NYC's fired unvaccinat... Did I use the term incorrectly? A sibling comment is someone else’s comment that shares a parent comment, is it not? I’ve seen others use this term

_nhynes on Oct 26, 2022 [–]

I think that the confusion is with the word my. If you had said a sibling comment, it would likely have been immediately clear. Linking or quoting the sibling comment would avoid linguistic ambiguity altogether.

throwoutway on Oct 26, 2022 | [–]

I see. I will try that next time

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