[Ads-l] NY Times hedges when it should have hinged

[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 26, 2018, at 2:30 PM, David Daniel <dad at COARSECOURSES.COM> wrote:
> 
> From the NY Times online addition

Hmmm.  Talk about eggcorns…

> today: "The case, which stemmed from the
> firing of a Long Island sky-diving instructor, hedged on whether the law
> covered sexual-orientation discrimination." Reading the article one sees the
> case didn't hedge at all, it hinged. I don't think it qualifies as an
> eggcorn because I don't see any applicable definition of hedge. It's just a
> confused usage.
> DAD
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