word choice - Undistinguishable vs. indistinguishable - English . . . Did you mean: indistinguishable Princeton University's WordNet defines indistinguishable as: identical: exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats"
Perhaps a Hanlons Razor, but what does it mean? The rule that you quoted actually reads, "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice", and is known as Grey's Law, though it seems recent in origin and there seems to be no record of a person named Grey saying it, nor any verifiable reference linking it to a person named Grey
To say that something is never indistinguishable I perceive "not indistinguishable" to be somewhere between "distinguishable" and "indistinguishable " Saying that something has been "never indistinguishable" sounds like many have believed the subject to be "indistinguishable" while it's being said now that it's at least not totally indistinguishable More on the subject:
expressions - Word for when satire is no longer satire - English . . . Poe's law is an Internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extreme views will, to some readers, be indistinguishable from sincere expressions of the parodied views [1][2][3]
Why do we say This is instead of Thiss? So the likely pronunciation of "The witch's waiting outside" would be pretty well indistinguishable from "The witch is waiting outside", so we treat it as the latter always The same applies to "this": "this's" would be indistinguishable from "this is" anyway
Word for including a fact into something that you do? a: to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole b: to blend or combine thoroughly ; Examples of INCORPORATE This design incorporates the best features of our earlier models a diet that incorporates many different fruits and vegetables
terminology - Term for an argument which cannot be distinguished from . . . Poe's law is an Internet adage which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, parodies of extreme views will, to some readers, be indistinguishable from sincere expressions of the parodied views Thanks for the help though, and upvotes for the effort
What about you? versus How about you? - English Language Usage . . . They are certainly interchangeable, as you mentioned, but I would go so far as to say that their common usages are semantically indistinguishable In point of usage, Ngrams shows a slight preference for What about you:
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