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Meanwhile on the TBGs I can’t even take an adverb from a different language and use it as a noun
Simply because it was an adverb, even if it was from a different language and has a perfectly clear noun meaning.
Oh
Would the TBGs get mad if I made a thread specifically for misusing punctuation
No, probably not, and they’d probably be fine with the adverb → noun usage nowadays
if i may inquire, what adverbs have had issue taken with them in this manner?
“ad nauseam”, we were originally using a different term for this (and it was semi-commonly used) but after finding this phrase in an unrelated context I felt it fit best, as it was much less questionable and also a lot more general
“tedium ad nauseam” was proposed as a compromise, but I was very much unhappy with there being a problem in general
Didn’t really matter since was already declining sharply in use and I don’t think the concept has been referred to within this year at all