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A friendly nitpick: the word 'conductive' is a physics term. The term which means "tending to promote or assist" is 'conducive' with no 't', pronounced 'cundoos
by Eisenstein 4y ago
A friendly nitpick: the word 'conductive' is a physics term. The term which means "tending to promote or assist" is 'conducive' with no 't', pronounced 'cundoosiv'.
> Something conducive "leads to" a desirable result. A cozy living room may be conducive to relaxed conversation, just as a boardroom may be conducive to more intense discussions. Particular tax policies are often conducive to savings and investment, whereas others are conducive to consumer spending. Notice that conducive is almost always followed by to.
* https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conducive https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conducive
- Aeolun 4y agoWhat the hell? They’re separate words? How did I go at least half my life without knowing this.
- trzy 4y agoWait till you learn that "deprecated" and "depreciated" are different words, too.
- gtirloni 4y agoThank you. English is not my first language so I appreciate the correction. TIL.
- GauntletWizard 4y agoPedantry around the meaning of words with common stems is against the code of conduct. In other words, do Conduits not conduct water?
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