> In saying that, they imply that I, the arguer, 'A' in Bond's article, don't actually know what an index is (so how could I have a cogent argument about 'corre

> In saying that, they imply that I, the arguer, 'A' in Bond's article, don't actually know what an index is (so how could I have a cogent argument about 'correct' indexing?). That's not what they are saying. They are saying you know what an index is so well that you correctly put quotes around your usage of the term, because you understood it's not in fact a technically correct usage. Now calling an argument poor form... that's closer to ad hominem.