Comment on Is there an alternative to saying "so-called" which doesn't suggest potential falsehood?

TerrificTadpole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• olsonexi@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s often also used in the other way though, e.g.

  she could trust him more than any of her “friends”

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  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Don’t use the quote marks.

    So called or quote for negative, neither for truthful/neutral statement.

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