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Re:Leaded Gas Was a Known Poison the Day It Was Invented (2016) by tux3 on Saturday July 11, 2026 @03:29PM (#48874995)
That's ironic, because the "no end" form was already a relatively new idiom. But "to no end" has already overtaken it in terms of popularity. Of course I meant the word "ironic" like I mean the word "literally"; which is to say, figuratively.

Being a prescriptivist creates no end of everyday pains. Language just won't conform.

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Re:Leaded Gas Was a Known Poison the Day It Was Invented (2016) by hyperhello on Saturday July 11, 2026 @03:35PM (#48875058)
The thing is that it’s always used in “annoy” or “frustrate” because they mistake the response as sympathetic annoyance or empathic frustration when it’s really just their misuse of language. I don’t want them to be responsible for their miscommunication in the future!
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