lawrence@lemmy.worldM to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThe Pedants Clublemmy.worldimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1812file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoTechnically the correct term is “prior.”
minus-squareChrysanthemumIndica@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years 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!