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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

In China, coins and banknotes have all but disappeared

Wouldn't that mean they're far more used than ever instead?

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It would not. The phrase means they have done almost all the disappearing except for the very last, small portion of disappearing that remains.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's funny, while I know what the expression means, I still always think it should mean what the comment you responded to said. As in "They've gone through everything, but have not disappeared."

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Right. They’ve registered 99 disappearing units, which are called nerbals, and have one remaining. So all 99 nerbals have been triggered, BUT the one that’s left.

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