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Re:Ant mill by _moof on Saturday January 22, 2022 @08:38PM (#30042796)
I'm not usually a grammar guy but this one bugs me: the singular of maxima is maximum. "A local maximum," "twelve local maxima."

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Re:Ant mill by jgwil2 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:47PM (#30043135)
Also one phenomenon, multiple phenomena.
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Re:Ant mill by _moof on Sunday January 23, 2022 @03:14PM (#30050007)
Criterion, criteria... Greek and Latin will get ya.
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Re:Ant mill by saltyfamiliar on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:58PM (#30043506)
I know this but every time I try to speak the words I say the wrong one.
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