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| quote: Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I use it a lot, intentionally. I hate the word "moot."
A more appropriate use is mute. If I tell you that your point is mute, I am intentionally stating that your point is without voice. Moot has a different connotation, and had I chosen to use it, I would have.
In context, the use of "mute" in the sentence, "that is a mute point," is not incorrect. It's entertaining when someone is quick to say, "you can't say that: you must say, "moot."
It's almost as though someone else insists that I use their words, as though they ought speak for me. If I tell you that your point is mute, I mean mute, and not moot. I am telling you that your point lacks voice, is silent in its effort, and means nothing to me.
Misuse of advice vs. advise is annoying. Let me give you some advise.
That's not nearly as annoying as asking for a couple of hamburgers, only to hear, "so how many is that?"
More than one, less than three.
At least you have thought about it, but I think you are the only person using "mute point" to mean that the speaker's point has no voice. You will get some grief from the grammar hounds for it. I think moot is a perfectly good word - it has a specific and useful meaning.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. |
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| quote: Originally posted by slosig:
... My grammar terms knowledge sucks, so I’ll probably mangle this a bit, but “Your” is an adjective specifying possession. Whose post am I replying to? I am replying to your post. ...
Possessive pronoun.
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