Comment on Is there an alternative to saying "so-called" which doesn't suggest potential falsehood?
TerrificTadpole@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would just drop the “so-called” and put the term in quotes.
“Western countries belonging to the ‘Paris club.’”
olsonexi@lemmy.wtf 8 months ago
That’s often also used in the other way though, e.g.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t use the quote marks.
So called or quote for negative, neither for truthful/neutral statement.