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That's true but in this case the noun and verb forms of refrain have distinct meanings and come into English from different sources: https://www.merriam-webste

by js2 2y ago

That's true but in this case the noun and verb forms of refrain have distinct meanings and come into English from different sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refrain#word-history https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refrain#word-hist... It's don't think I've ever read refrained used this way. I wonder if she was thinking "reframed"?

Tao3300 2y ago
Why did they have to flag it? This was an interesting discussion.
- js2 2y ago
  nicwolff's comment isn't framed as intellectual curiosity. It comes across as condescending. $0.02.
- bowsamic 2y ago
  We’re on HN, people flag anything that has the slightest hint of a challenge
fwip 2y ago
Nah, somebody who delights in seeing language used in poetic ways is going to use language in poetic ways.