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"The exception that proves the rule" is an idiom that depends on a different meaning of the word "prove" from what you have in mind.
by DFHippie 3y ago
"The exception that proves the rule" is an idiom that depends on a different meaning of the word "prove" from what you have in mind.
- thfuran 3y agoNo, that sense of the expression is just nonsense based on a misunderstanding of the actual expression.
- peterfirefly 3y agoReally? It's #4 on the list: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prove#Verb https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prove#Verb
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- adolph 3y agoIrregardless, if the misunderstanding is widespread enough, it literally becomes the meaning.
- peterfirefly 3y agoI sanction that even thought it's all moot now.
- Der_Einzige 3y agoExpressions like this one or "it is what it is" are just boomerisms