PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 2 months agoYSK Wikipedia's list of common misconceptionsen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down10cross-posted to: wikipedia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkYSK Wikipedia's list of common misconceptionsen.wikipedia.orgPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to You Should Know@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: wikipedia@lemmy.world
minus-squarePrefersAwkward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoIrregardless and inflammable add two unnecessary letters and one unnecessary syllable. Society cannot afford this gargantuan waste!!
minus-squareBananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 months 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.