alt Hacker NewsSorry, I thought that my answer to the second question was implied by my answer to the first question.
To answer your question, no, it would not be pedantic to question that claim. It conforms to no common usage that I am aware of.
Sorry, I thought that my answer to the second question was implied by my answer to the first question.
To answer your question, no, it would not be pedantic to question that claim. It conforms to no common usage that I am aware of.
> It conforms to no common usage that I am aware of.
It conforms to:
> “cut prices by 600%” is understood perfectly well by most people (but not pedants) to mean “we undid price hikes of 600%.”
which I agree is no common usage that I am aware of