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alt text: A two panel comic. In the first panel there are two buttons labeled “I don’t believe in prescriptivism” and “‘Literally’ cannot mean ‘figuratively’”. A finger hovers between the buttons. In the second panel, the finger’s owner is sweating and wiping his brow, unable to decide.

  • starman2112
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    9 months ago

    but that just works further to my point that context matters.

    Have some reading glasses 👓

    • merc
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      9 months ago

      I never denied that context matters, my point is that few words are that ambiguous without context.