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Fwiw, I was commenting on the use of “apropos” versus “appropriate”. I will let you look up those words, but apropos is frequently misused on HN.
by csa 5y ago
Fwiw, I was commenting on the use of “apropos” versus “appropriate”.
I will let you look up those words, but apropos is frequently misused on HN.
- throwanem 5y agoPrescriptivism seems as footless here as in any other attempted application to the vernacular, but if it helps ease your mind at all, OED has the adjectival sense in which I used it above, and in which it's frequently seen here and elsewhere.