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minus-squareterminally_offline@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·9 小时前Elusive*, you’ll probably try to correct me and say that you meant “illusive” but that’s not the right use-case for it anyway.
minus-squarevery_well_lost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·9 小时前Here we see the illusive pedant in its natural habitat
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·52 分钟前It’s not pedantry to point out your word choice was so completely wrong. Illusive is descriptive of things that are illusions (a mirage is illusive water); elusive is descriptive of something that is hard to find
minus-squareterminally_offline@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 小时前Ignoramus will be an ignoramus.
Elusive*, you’ll probably try to correct me and say that you meant “illusive” but that’s not the right use-case for it anyway.
Here we see the illusive pedant in its natural habitat
It’s not pedantry to point out your word choice was so completely wrong. Illusive is descriptive of things that are illusions (a mirage is illusive water); elusive is descriptive of something that is hard to find
Ignoramus will be an ignoramus.