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by wccrawford 1088 days ago
IMO, people learn language by seeing/hearing it used. And the internet is rife with misuse of language.

My particular pet peeve is using "weary" instead of "wary" or "leery". I've started to hear it spoke in youtube videos now, too, so it's not just a typo.

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And I learned something. Just threw it into deepl to understand the translation. Thanks for pointing it out. Would have tripped me probably.