From the site: "This is a common error of usage", 'the erroneous "modern" usage'
This tells me that the author completely misunderstands how language works. It assumes that there is a 'correct' way of using a word, and that a word is something more than an arbitrary collection of sounds.
Or in HN terms: A function that adds 2 to a given number, but is called 'subtractTwo()', compiles without problems.
The name and the meaning don't have to match.
Insightful.
I do wonder what you think of http://www.dimensions-math.org/ it seems to be more math focused, but is it too just techno-babble with pretty pictures?
This tells me that the author completely misunderstands how language works. It assumes that there is a 'correct' way of using a word, and that a word is something more than an arbitrary collection of sounds.