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Notice how the title of my submission says "from contributing", not "for contributing". Subtle difference, but has a completely different meaning.

• jfarmer 13y ago
  I'm sorry, those two phrases aren't meaningfully different to me. Regardless, this is trivial, gossipy drama and you're making HN worse by submitting it. Please stop.
  • gtremper 13y ago
    They mean very different things. "Banned for contributing" means that contributing was the reason for his ban. What he is banned from doing is unspecified. "Banned from contributing" means he did something bad and they won't let him contribute anymore because of it. What he did to get banned is unspecified.
    • jfarmer 13y ago
      Thanks for the incredibly helpful and pedantic reply.
      • gtremper 13y ago
        prepositions are hard :D