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minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·7 months agoDo you not think that textbook would have multiple places where they use that word?
minus-squareAtmaJnana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIs the word only ever written in the one textbook, then?
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoIm saying that it’s not a typo if the creator of a word spells it a certain way multiple times in a book. They clearly meant to spell it that way when they were writing the book.
minus-squareAtmaJnana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoAs i read it, in the commenter’s scenario, it is the extra “i” that would be the typo.
Do you not think that textbook would have multiple places where they use that word?
Is the word only ever written in the one textbook, then?
Im saying that it’s not a typo if the creator of a word spells it a certain way multiple times in a book. They clearly meant to spell it that way when they were writing the book.
As i read it, in the commenter’s scenario, it is the extra “i” that would be the typo.