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- usage instead of "use" (they are different words)

- quantify/fication instead of "measure/ment"

- problematic instead of "a problem"

- such that instead of "that" (the correct usage is as a phrase that comes from math proofs, "pick an x such that y")




> problematic instead of "a problem"

I think this one comes out of a fear of or desire to avoid confrontational language in general in the US. Something can be called problematic without declaring “a problem exists”.

What, you got a problem?! :)




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