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Ok, grammar nazi alert. Who uses the word academical? I had to google it just to confirm it is indeed a word, albeit a rarely used one that is indistinguishabl
by chrismmay 7y ago
Ok, grammar nazi alert. Who uses the word academical? I had to google it just to confirm it is indeed a word, albeit a rarely used one that is indistinguishable from the simpler, and in my opinion, the proper word, “academic”.
A bit like saying “that’s nonsensical” vs “that’s nonsense’. https://wikidiff.com/academic/academical https://wikidiff.com/academic/academical
- helloworm 7y agoWhy be so polemical?
- chrismmay 7y agoI know, I’m insufferableical. I need a vacationical.
- YaxelPerez 7y agomaybe a non-native english speaker
- chrismmay 7y agoProbably. The irony is palpableical. Reminds me of this article I read recently. I could understand it, but it was like reading a foreign language https://www.google.com/amp/s/thedigitalwise.com/2020/03/14/asteroid-alert-nasa-confirms-two-asteroids-will-be-intersecting-earths-orbit-coming-week/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/thedigitalwise.com/2020/03/14/a....
- artificial 7y agoThis is fantastical. What's the deal with the writing? Right now by bots for bots?
- chrismmay 7y agoThat is a category of non-native speaker that I hadn't considered until you mentioned it. A bot. Perhaps the author of this post, and the article I mentioned aren't human at all. They could be bots. Sorry for being robophobical. These are anxious times we are in.
- Eugeleo 7y agoThanks for the tip, I am indeed a non-native speaker!