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by joosters 3762 days ago
So this program is like having some insufferable pedants arguing over your language? Great!

Does it accept 'nearly unique' ?

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It accepts "kind of unique" and "hardly unique" but also "greatly unique" which in my mind is very close to "very unique."

This tool is a blunt instrument. Writing is an art.

What exactly is the argument or implication in the last two sentences? There are many works of art that use "blunt" instruments. Say the Venus of Willendorf or a Serra sculpture, though that depends on what you mean by blunt. Even in literature blunt tools are use such as a pencil.