08-26-2014, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: "Chart" not "Step"
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Originally Posted by stargroup100
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Originally Posted by ilikexd
the term that more people tend to use and that does not cause confusion is the actual correct term, not one that is prescribed
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Except it doesn't cause confusion, because regardless of whether I use "chart" or "step" everyone knows what I'm talking about.
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Originally Posted by stargroup100
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Originally Posted by ilikexd
you're not wrong at all by saying charting, you're wrong by correcting people who say stepping
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Which is why I'm not wrong for suggesting people switch.
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i know, i wasn't claiming either caused confusion, i was just saying step doesn't cause confusion AND is the one more (or at least a significant number of) people use which is why it isn't wrong, so you are wrong for correcting people who are using a correct term
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Originally Posted by stargroup100
Any other reason besides comfort out of habit?
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nope, none at all. there are plenty of words whose original meaning or etymology suggests something different or even opposite of their current meaning, that's just how semantic progression works. comfort and habit is pretty much all it comes down to.
Last edited by ilikexd; 08-26-2014 at 08:45 PM..
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