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Re:European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannu... by pdq on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:43AM (#16332820)
Shouldn't this say semi-annual, not bi-annual?
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Re:European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannu... by diabeetusman on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:52AM (#16332901)
Could be either

[0] http://grammarist.com/usage/biannual-biennial-and-semiannual...

[1] https://writingexplained.org/biannual-vs-semiannual-differen...

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Re:European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannu... by dbatten on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:49AM (#16332876)
Biannual is fine.

I think you're confusing biannual and biennial. Biannual and semiannual both mean twice a year. Biennial means every other year.

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Re:European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannu... by colsandurz on Thursday February 08, 2018 @11:55AM (#16333530)
So what's semiennial mean?
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Re:European Parliament requests recommendation to end biannu... by bloak on Thursday February 08, 2018 @12:16PM (#16333698)
Good question. I'm going to say "demisemiennial" instead of "quarterly" from now on.
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