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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You were taught this through? Through what?

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Through the troughs of school, feeding me all those "delicious" spelling woes!

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Maybe "thoroughly" would fit better..

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's correct as written. Think of it like "see this through" or taught this "through and through". You can say "taught this through" to mean, "taught this completely/well".

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

I’ve never seen anyone use a singular “through” as a synonym for “thoroughly”. Maybe it’s a regional thing?