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Re:Only race cars should burnout by mikelyons on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:02PM (#20862057)
it's just pedantic and insubstantive
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Re:Only race cars should burnout by homonculus1 on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @11:46AM (#20867716)
Not at all. The details of language convey information and if we don't continually apply common standards, that bandwidth is actually destroyed in the ambiguity.
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Re:Only race cars should burnout by mikelyons on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:39PM (#20932660)
I agree with your premise but I think it's generalizing, there are contexts where it is pedantic and insubstantive. Language evolves and not always the way the purists would have it.
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