overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agoWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?message-squaremessage-square157linkfedilinkarrow-up159file-text
arrow-up152message-squareWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 month agomessage-square157linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI’m not sure how to feel about understanding this now. Good, because I understand, or bad, because I’ll perpetually be annoyed from holding back the urge to correct.
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThere’s no need to correct people using the phrase to mean “prompting the question”, that’s practically definition two at this point. If you see people commuting the rhetorical fallacy, however, go ahead and call them out.
I’m not sure how to feel about understanding this now. Good, because I understand, or bad, because I’ll perpetually be annoyed from holding back the urge to correct.
There’s no need to correct people using the phrase to mean “prompting the question”, that’s practically definition two at this point.
If you see people commuting the rhetorical fallacy, however, go ahead and call them out.