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Originally Posted by island911
Hear is another one, dd. "Mute point..."
Because so many make that mistake, should we conclude that "Mute" is synonymous with "Moot" ? ...dd?
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The term is "moot point."
No debatable value (moot point) vs. silent, quieted, quiet, noiseless (mute). Hard to confuse one for the other.
Meanwhile...
"Hear?" "Mute?" An oxymoron for more "intensive purposes?"
Or is it intents and purposes?
Oxymoron or just moron?