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No, “water fast” is wrong, so your application of a wrong word association should not further corrupt other correctly worded descriptions.
by imwillofficial 5y ago
No, “water fast” is wrong, so your application of a wrong word association should not further corrupt other correctly worded descriptions.
- Zababa 5y agoHow is "water fast" wrong?
- imwillofficial 5y agoBecause you’re not fasting from the use of water
- Zababa 5y agoThat might be a stupid question but is there a grammar rule or something that would suggest that "water fast" is "abstaining from water" and not "abstaining from food except water"? Maybe it's an expansion of the definition of fasting and thus leads to "abstaining from water", in which case the correct term would be "water diet".
- imwillofficial 5y agoYou nailed it.
- fredophile 5y agoIf you talk to anyone involved with fasting and mention a water fast they will understand that to mean fasting while still consuming water. If everyone else agrees on how the term is used then you may want to reconsider if the term is wrong or not.
- imwillofficial 5y agoThe reality is you’re right. Modern usage does not take into account my terminology purism.