I agree it's off-topic, but I'm not sure I agree it's a "Well-actually". Language is imprecise enough as it is, we don't need to make it even more so by letting

I agree it's off-topic, but I'm not sure I agree it's a "Well-actually". Language is imprecise enough as it is, we don't need to make it even more so by letting common mistakes become accepted practice. Bad analogy: imagine if the Python docs were to recommend handling try-blocks with "except: pass" simply because many people do it.