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  • catloaf@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    biannual and semiannual, both mean twice a year and once every two years - which is even more confusing.

    No! Bad! Do not encourage this! Like biweekly, biannually is every two years.

    • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      I’m not encouraging it, it’s actually one of my biggest pet peeves!

      I can understand why given how rarely they’re used, people get confused between semi-annual and biannual - especially since things happening every ~6 months is a more common occurrence than every ~24.

      In a world where possible/impossible is simple to understand, why is flammable/inflammable confusing!?

      Don’t even get me started on “literally” - I want to bang my head against my desk every time I hear it misused.