heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGet on that grindsetfeddit.ukimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1443arrow-down1imageGet on that grindsetfeddit.ukheythatsprettygood@feddit.uk to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square47linkfedilinkfile-text
(yes, this is a real post by someone who also happened to have actually been arrested for gene editing embryos)
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoContext is how you determine definitions. This is not hard. We’re not talking about legal immunity here.
minus-squareAnyOldName3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAnd the context was a sentence that was correct if you used OED sense 1, or MW sense 1, but you decided to parse it as MW sense 2b and then complain that the sentence was incorrect.
Context is how you determine definitions. This is not hard. We’re not talking about legal immunity here.
And the context was a sentence that was correct if you used OED sense 1, or MW sense 1, but you decided to parse it as MW sense 2b and then complain that the sentence was incorrect.