• Shapillon the Skaven@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          I agree that “either” is more specific. And I don’t mind being reminded of it.

          Otoh “any” is defined as x and every definition I found explicitely specified that cardinality is irrelevant. Either then is a subset of any, not a separate category.

          So imho this isn’t a mistake and you’re way more unconditional than you should.

          PS: as long that everyone remains sufficiently mutually understandable we should adopt a descriptivist attitude towards languages instead of a prescriptivist one.

          PPS: Don’t get me started on language as a class marker. This is a threat. c: