On 2020-01-20 at 21:33:58, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2020, brian m. carlson wrote:
> 
> > In many languages, the adverb with the root "actual" means "at the
> > present time."  However, this usage is considered dated or even archaic
> > in English, and for referring to events occurring at the present time,
> > we usually prefer "currently" or "presently".  "Actually" is commonly
> > used in modern English only for the meaning of "in fact" or to express a
> > contrast with what is expected.
> 
>  ... snip ...
> 
> as someone who is constantly being sheldon cooper-level pedantic, i
> totally agree with this sentiment.

As I mentioned, this is very minor and I can't imagine a native English
speaker being confused by it, nor can I imagine a speaker of most
European languages finding it confusing.  It just stood out to me since
I know Spanish and French and I thought, "Oh, someone was thinking in
another language here."

I've actually been sitting on this patch for a while because I thought
it might be too minor to send, but I finally decided to do it as I was
sending some other doc patches.
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brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US
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