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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2002-03-25 08:06 pm

Bad Habits to Lose

Note to Self: Being pedantic is not endearing.

Of course, large chunks of my brain are now trying to decide between "pedanticness" and "pedanticity"

[identity profile] cruft.livejournal.com 2002-03-25 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure it is. And, my inchoate grammar instincts prefer "pedanticness," even though they know "authenticity" is correct. How strange.