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by chris_mahan 4507 days ago
elicit.

(Why correct him? Because I care.)
3 comments
TallGuyShort 4507 days ago
Oh my, that is quite a difference in meaning. Thank you!
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dredmorbius 4506 days ago
Kinky is feathers. Illicit is using the whole duck ;-)
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pepijndevos 4507 days ago
I know how it feels. I wrote an anti-abuse system that labeled stuff as elicit until a coworker came by.
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desouzt 4507 days ago
Why correct him?
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ithkuil 4507 days ago
OP's motivations might be different, but a non native english speaker might find that this kind of short, unoffensive and straight to the point corrections could be very useful indeed.
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infectoid 4507 days ago
I'm a native. I like corrections. We learn best through failure. Something I would think the HN community would appreciate.
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chris_mahan 4507 days ago
(It does, I got 23 upvotes.)
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