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To: enumerated

But they didn’t lay down the path. The physical structure of the path was already there. They changed the status of the path from parking to bike lane. Hence, they erected the bike lane.

Hyper-pedantically (which is to resist the evolving meaning of words), one erects a monument but builds a building. When you build a cathedral, or capital or headquarters, you simultaneously erect a cathedral building, capital or headquarters, so the words often overlap. But one builds a church when they erect a parish.

Remaining hyper-pedantic, there’s a common misuse of a word that people think is a medical term, but it’s not. The correct word is priapism.


40 posted on 08/15/2025 6:38:22 PM PDT by dangus
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To: dangus

“Hyper-pedantically (which is to resist the evolving meaning of words),”

Yeah, I guess. My father used to use the word ‘purchase’ to connote ‘grip’ or ‘footing’ in certain cases. It sounded strange to some people I suppose.

As for ‘evolving’ language, sometimes it’s a bad thing, so yes I’ll resist.

There’s way too much verbing of nouns and nouning of verbs, for example.


42 posted on 08/16/2025 4:30:43 AM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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