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by na85
3485 days ago
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>The New Yorker spins articles through a thesaurus before publication. Perhaps, but there's a reason for the French saying "le mot juste": Synonyms aren't actually words that have the same meaning. They are words that have similar, related meanings but don't actually connote the same thing. What should they have chosen instead of "ineluctable"? Irresistable? Inevitable? Those words don't really carry the same meaning for me. Precision in language (spoken, written, programming, or otherwise) is a beautiful thing. |
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