• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    English makes no sense to begin with. Why do you park in the driveway but drive in the parkway? Why is infinite the opposite of finite but flammable and inflammable are synonymous? Why is the plural of louse lice, the plural of mouse mice, but the plural of house is not hice?

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      1 year ago

      Who cares?

      Definitions are useful, and their usefulness is in proportion to their stability over time.