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I can't be the only one that hates the word "automagically." I don't see anything magic - he's explaining it right there and "therefore" or something similar wo

I can't be the only one that hates the word "automagically." I don't see anything magic - he's explaining it right there and "therefore" or something similar would have worked fine.

nollidge 16y ago
I don't hate the word necessarily, but I did find it jarring to read in a journalistic context.
sjs 16y ago
People seem to substitute it for "automatically" as they please, and I find it annoying as well. But I'm in the seemingly tiny minority that cringe when they see "begs the question" misused, "should of", etc. Most people don't seem to care about these things. "I know this seems like a semantic quibble, but words mean things." One of my favourite quotes, no idea where it's from.
- eru 16y ago
  Does `should of' have any meaning? To me it seems like a typo of `should have', but I am not a native speaker.
  - tl 16y ago
    should've (contraction of should have) and should of have similar pronunciation, so using "should of" in writing is a somewhat common mistake.