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elicit. (Why correct him? Because I care.)

• TallGuyShort 13y ago
  Oh my, that is quite a difference in meaning. Thank you!
  • dredmorbius 13y ago
    Kinky is feathers. Illicit is using the whole duck ;-)
• desouzt 13y ago
  Why correct him?
  • ithkuil 13y ago
    OP's motivations might be different, but a non native english speaker might find that this kind of short, unoffensive and straight to the point corrections could be very useful indeed.
    • infectoid 13y ago
      I'm a native. I like corrections. We learn best through failure. Something I would think the HN community would appreciate.
      • chris_mahan 13y ago
        (It does, I got 23 upvotes.)
• pepijndevos 13y ago
  I know how it feels. I wrote an anti-abuse system that labeled stuff as elicit until a coworker came by.