finite--more refined measurement

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No matter how you slice it, "finite" makes no sense to me in this context.

Unless you train yourself to think, "Oh, it's only language-change in
progress," you're going to find yourself in tears.

Millions of oafs heard that misuse of "finite" and it's probably going
to become as ubiquitous as "buh-tocks," a pronunciation that I've now
heard used even by physicians.

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