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nyan_sandwich comments on LW Philosophers versus Analytics - Less Wrong Discussion

38 Post author: potato 28 November 2011 03:40PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 December 2011 07:50:42PM 4 points [-]

Do you mean "case in point" or something else?

Its the same for all intensive purposes.

Comment author: thomblake 01 December 2011 09:48:06PM 1 point [-]

I'm a bit adverse to agreeing with you. But I might have an alterior motive in saying that. But I guess it's a mute point now.

Comment author: gwaba 02 December 2011 02:21:11AM *  0 points [-]

You know, I agree with nyan_sandwhich I think. Who cares. I wouldn't have changed it.

Comment author: thomblake 02 December 2011 03:52:10PM 0 points [-]

FWIW, I wasn't suggesting it be changed; I was just asking whether "case and point" was in this instance supposed to mean the same thing as the actual phrase "case in point" or something else I hadn't thought of. There is at least one other meaning in circulation that applies to "case and point" but as far as I know not "case in point".

Comment author: [deleted] 03 December 2011 08:36:04AM 0 points [-]

"case and point" is incorrect, as is "for all intensive purposes". My post was supposed to be a joke.

Comment author: arundelo 03 December 2011 09:11:02AM *  0 points [-]

For those who don't know, there's a word for these. They're called eggcorns.

(Note that thomblake's comment was a joke too; it had three intentional eggcorns. Edit: Actually three intentional errors, two of which are eggcorns. "Alterior" is just a misspelling.)

Comment author: thomblake 04 December 2011 11:32:32PM 0 points [-]

All three find themselves on lists of eggcorns.

Comment author: [deleted] 03 December 2011 09:15:49AM 0 points [-]

shit i didn't even notice those. Got to step up my game. thanks for the link