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hl3_for_Eli t1_j1v9l5k wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Patrick Star commentates for a play during the Broncos-Rams game by upvoter222

Commentate and commentated are actual words. Seems like "commentates" should be intuitively proper usage in this scenario but English is fucking nonsense language so WTF do I know

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[deleted] t1_j1va07f wrote

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DoonFoosher t1_j1varc1 wrote

Then they’d be sports commenters….which nobody calls them because it’s a commentary. We can ask Merriam-Webster if you’re really that perturbed by it.

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[deleted] t1_j1vb55n wrote

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upvoter222 OP t1_j1vjmbi wrote

In their most common usage, a commentator is someone who provides live descriptions of an event. A commenter is someone providing their thoughts or opinions about anything, but not necessarily while it's happening.

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