Edit to say because I kinda feel bad now: I have nothing against English teachers! Please don’t send your mafia of learned lit nerds after me! …Or do, lit nerds are hot.

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    6 months ago

    That still doesn’t make a lick of sense in this context. It has the feel of someone picking the wrong word entirely.

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      6 months ago

      just agree to disagree I guess? I considered circumvent which is similar, but really there’s little etymological or metaphorical difference except personal preference

      but also it might be an EN-UK vs EN-US thing (I grew up in England)

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        6 months ago

        EN-UK vs EN-US thing

        That might be it. Circumvent in this context would make perfect sense to me, but circumnavigate threw me for a loop.