I point out that phenomenon X is bad. You didn’t just do that. You said that the teacher’s words don’t match their meaning.
I point out that phenomenon X is bad.
You didn’t just do that. You said that the teacher’s words don’t match their meaning.
I don’t understand. That was the phenomenon in question.
You can (like newerspeak, with the well-chosen username) think that the choice of idiom has bad consequences. I might agree, but only contingently on my political beliefs about education. But to say that an idiom is wrong is a category error.
I don’t understand. That was the phenomenon in question.
You can (like newerspeak, with the well-chosen username) think that the choice of idiom has bad consequences. I might agree, but only contingently on my political beliefs about education. But to say that an idiom is wrong is a category error.