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		snowwrestler on Jan 2, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Where to Work After 40? I mean, they are different words for a reason.

quesera on Jan 2, 2025 [–]

Then differentiate them coherently for me. Ideally with either prescriptivist justification or descriptivist evidence.

kaskakokos on Jan 2, 2025 | [–]

You want someone to teach you the difference, but what you desire is for no one to be able to point out a single difference to you.

I had to try :/

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