In the book I'm reading, the author has the main character say "quotient" instead of "quota" (not the only grossly misused word).
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In the book I'm reading, the author has the main character say "quotient" instead of "quota" (not the only grossly misused word). Is the character supposed to seem uneducated? Did the author lose her dictionary AND her editor? Not sure I can finish the book but I hesitate to return it to the library and have other readers exposed to this drek
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In the book I'm reading, the author has the main character say "quotient" instead of "quota" (not the only grossly misused word). Is the character supposed to seem uneducated? Did the author lose her dictionary AND her editor? Not sure I can finish the book but I hesitate to return it to the library and have other readers exposed to this drek
#bookstodon@rejinl AI?
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@Beachbum Doesn't read as if it was written by AI, but maybe AI is being used for editing now?
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In the book I'm reading, the author has the main character say "quotient" instead of "quota" (not the only grossly misused word). Is the character supposed to seem uneducated? Did the author lose her dictionary AND her editor? Not sure I can finish the book but I hesitate to return it to the library and have other readers exposed to this drek
#bookstodon@rejinl It is listed in a few dictionaries as "obsolete, rare" usage
️ It's in an old unabriged New Century of mine from 1946 and in the Shorter Oxford.
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@rejinl It is listed in a few dictionaries as "obsolete, rare" usage
️ It's in an old unabriged New Century of mine from 1946 and in the Shorter Oxford.
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@lfisk Hm. The character isn't written as if she'd use language that way. Maybe if it was an older character, or an academic, or maybe a snob.
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@lfisk Hm. The character isn't written as if she'd use language that way. Maybe if it was an older character, or an academic, or maybe a snob.
@rejinl This dictionary gives some examples, which seem to use it a bit strange too?
Definition of QUOTIENT
The meaning of QUOTIENT is the number resulting from the division of one number by another. How to use quotient in a sentence.
(www.merriam-webster.com)
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@rejinl This dictionary gives some examples, which seem to use it a bit strange too?
Definition of QUOTIENT
The meaning of QUOTIENT is the number resulting from the division of one number by another. How to use quotient in a sentence.
(www.merriam-webster.com)
@lfisk Oh my, some of those example sentences are weird.
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@lfisk Oh my, some of those example sentences are weird.
@rejinl
Thanks, thought maybe I was misunderstanding its use too
