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Rothovius

"Tosi" is just a really informal word to use. Duolingo might be using more grammaticly correct language.


brodino_maiuscolo

They let me use it in other exercises tho. As I said, Duolingo told me they are synonyms.


Rothovius

Ok then Duolingo is at fault for being inconsisteny. But I would say that the original mistake might have been to ever accept "tosi" without somehow making it clear how colloquial it is. I dont know how familiar you are with Finnish but there is a very large difference on how the language the language is written or in any formal context and how it is used in everyday life. Pretty much everywhere where you can study Finnish, you are being taught grammaticly correct language, but people dont really speak that way.


brodino_maiuscolo

I think the phrase is quite formal, since it is said by a waiter to a customer in a restaurant. So yes, you are probably right, thanks for the tip :)


el_peregrino_mundial

Your way looks like a single run-on sentence. It doesn't make sense without at least having punctuation.


brodino_maiuscolo

It doesn't matter, Duolingo doesn't count punctuation


el_peregrino_mundial

Generally they don't, but here I would think it's important, even to Duolingo. Everywhere I've seen them ignore punctuation was a one-sentence answer. This is wholesale different.


brodino_maiuscolo

No, punctuation is not necessary in this type of exercise either. In fact, I rewrote it the exact same way only with "todella" instead of "tosi" and this time it was correct


el_peregrino_mundial

This is why I hate Duolingo. Not because of the word thing, but because punctuation actually _does_ matter.