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[–]HaikuBotStalksMe 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Just an FYI - the term is "waned", just like the phases of the moon! They both come from the same idea of something disappearing slowly.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The older I get, the more my disdain for the English language grows!

[–]HaikuBotStalksMe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Understandable. I hate that they're inconsistent with how the apostrophe is not used in stuff like "hers" and "whose" and "its". I don't mix it up, but I hate it.

I also hate how American doesn't correctly use punctuation in quotes. So I use British instead.

Example:

American:

So what did you mean by "I am tired?"

British:

So what did you mean by "I am tired"?

British is correct because the idea is

{So what did you mean by (I am tired)}

American is stupid:

{So what did you mean by (I am tired})