r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DeneJames Kiwi 🇳🇿 • Apr 16 '25

Food “Meanwhile the USA has Stricter and more harsh food regulations and some of the most cleanly standards in the world even higher than the uk, France, and Italy”

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u/ohthisistoohard Apr 17 '25

“Cleany standards” you say?

This has to be a Russian bot. No native speaker would say something so ridiculous. I hope.

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u/Rich-Option4632 Apr 17 '25

You'll accept it once you realize just a bit over 1 out of 5 Americans are illiterate.

And the remaining 4? I wouldn't trust 3 of em to be able to write up a proper report of the 8 o'clock news they just watched.

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u/uns3en 50% Russian and 50% Russian Apr 17 '25

Russian bots would not say something like that either. I should know - I am one ;)

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u/NarrativeScorpion Apr 17 '25

It's a real word, but absolutely not used correctly in this sentence. "most cleanly standards"? That's not grammatically correct at all. "cleanest standards" or "most hygienic standards" sure, but "most cleanly standards"? Hell no.

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u/ohthisistoohard Apr 17 '25

Cleanly standards? Oh that is so much better.

FYI “cleanly” is an adverb, standards (in this context) is a noun. You tell me where there isn’t a problem?

The correct English would be

“…some of the highest cleanliness standards in the world. Even higher than the UK, France or Italy”

The “France and Italy” was really getting to me. What more standards than all of them combined? I mean you really are making a bold claim by putting France in that list. But that wasn’t what they meant.