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Donal
 
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"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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Donal wrote:
I'm not a pedant. Furthermore, I didn't "complain" - I "corrected".


You just did it again!


[sigh] ....


I don't believe that it is pedantic to correct a genuine error.


Yes it is. Perhaps you should look up pedantry in a dictionary.
Correcting an error can be pedantry; however, incorrectly correcting an
error is sophistry.


Congratulations, Jeff. That was pedantry at its best!!

I'm good, huh?



Have you always agreed with Neal's dictionary definitions?


Actually, I've often criticized Neil for using a lubberly dictionary for
a nautical or technical term.





However, in this case it was appropriate.


I don't like to sound pedantic, BUT *I* used the real dictionary. *You*
used the cheap on-line version. Let;s face it, Jeff.... you're wrong.



Regards


Donal
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