Solecism

A grammatical mistake or an ungramatical usage; breaching good etiquette or manners; in general some sort of error or mistake

DG

DG

@1dgrn.bsky.social

#writing #lawsky I know there's a name for this particular solecism, but I can;t remember it.....?

"The Rule expressly exempts certain transfers from its purview, those transfers include...."

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DB 📉

DB 📉

@konvolutj.bsky.social

currently reading (it's not bad): https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/22589/mrs-woolf-and-the-servants-by-alison-light/9780140254105 apparently Woolf thought Yorkshire was somewhere near Birmingham, a solecism pointed out to her in a letter from an unemployed weaver in Huddersfield

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RevPudDudley

RevPudDudley

@revpuddudley.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

Another useful word vis a vis the unPresident:
SOLECISM, as in 'He committed an unpardonable solecism, as he does constantly''

defined as 1. nonstandard or ungrammatical usage
2 a breach of good manners or etiquette.
3 any error, impropriety, or inconsistency.

Oh the other one?
BENEATH […]

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