No one talks about language, grammar, or other topics quite as well as Ryan North with Dinosaur Comics. This was a particular favorite that recently popped up again over the holidays when his strip was in rerun mode.
Enjoy.
The importance of precise language.
posted by erin on January 8, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/the-importance-of-precise-language
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Kristan
/ 8 January 2009Haha. I think at this point it IS acceptable to use “decimated” to mean “a large percentage” right??
Trilemma. Lol.
E. F. Danehy
/ 9 January 2009Bryan believes language is the communication of ideas, meaning as long as your listener/reader understands the meaning behind the words, the words were successful in achieving your objective. I tend to usually agree with that, and with T-Rex: “Decimated” sounds so cool!. And what’s wrong with a little hyperbole or, um, hypobole? *cough* Let’s pretend that is a word, shall we?