"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote:


"gatt" wrote in message
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"alexy" wrote in message
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But I think you and I are on the losing side of the word purity
battle--incorrect usage repeated often enough becomes "common usage",
which in turn becomes "correct".

Same thing with using the ambiguous term "bi-annual" in place of
biennial.

*shudder* Good example of one of those words where you have to pause,
figure out which it means, and then figure out what the person saying it
actually meant. "Now, you're saying bi-annual, right? Not biennial?"
("Yeah. Biannial.")



The bad part is the dictionary now says they are both right.

bi·an·nu·al (bi-an'yu-?l)
adj.
1.. Happening twice each year; semiannual.
2.. Occurring every two years; biennial.

Yes, which is why some people (see above) may refer to it as an
"ambiguous term". g
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