lawrence@lemmy.worldM to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThe Pedants Clublemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1810arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·8 months agoTechnically the correct term is “prior.”
minus-squareChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoMore accurately, “prior” is much less ambiguous than “last” and thus more likely to satisfy the predilections of a pedant. Gosh I love the depth of pedantry available to descriptivists!
Technically the correct term is “prior.”
More accurately, “prior” is much less ambiguous than “last” and thus more likely to satisfy the predilections of a pedant.
Gosh I love the depth of pedantry available to descriptivists!