PhilipTheBucketA to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 16 days agoYSK Wikipedia's list of common misconceptionsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1223arrow-down10
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minus-squarePrefersAwkward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·16 days agoIrregardless and inflammable add two unnecessary letters and one unnecessary syllable. Society cannot afford this gargantuan waste!!
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-216 days agoThe in- in inflammable means “to cause to be”. Like indebted or indent. Flammable and inflammable are actually subtly different words, they dont mean exactly the same thing although often used interchangeably now.
Irregardless and inflammable add two unnecessary letters and one unnecessary syllable. Society cannot afford this gargantuan waste!!
The in- in inflammable means “to cause to be”. Like indebted or indent. Flammable and inflammable are actually subtly different words, they dont mean exactly the same thing although often used interchangeably now.