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Ok, grammar nazi alert. Who uses the word academical? I had to google it just to confirm it is indeed a word, albeit a rarely used one that is indistinguishable from the simpler, and in my opinion, the proper word, “academic”.

A bit like saying “that’s nonsensical” vs “that’s nonsense’. https://wikidiff.com/academic/academical



Thanks for the tip, I am indeed a non-native speaker!


Why be so polemical?


I know, I’m insufferableical. I need a vacationical.


maybe a non-native english speaker


Probably. The irony is palpableical. Reminds me of this article I read recently. I could understand it, but it was like reading a foreign language https://www.google.com/amp/s/thedigitalwise.com/2020/03/14/a....


This is fantastical. What's the deal with the writing? Right now by bots for bots?


That is a category of non-native speaker that I hadn't considered until you mentioned it. A bot. Perhaps the author of this post, and the article I mentioned aren't human at all. They could be bots. Sorry for being robophobical. These are anxious times we are in.




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