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I lean toward dominate.
Dominant is a noun.
When you eventually grow up, you might understand the difference.
Communication on Lit is by words. It's rather important to use them correctly.
Or you show yourself up as ignorant. Not a good start.
I thought the misspelling of "lean" in the title was actually kind of insightful.
Also, lowercasing dominate and capitalizing Submissive is an intriguing twist.
I come in half-snark only. I do think it's interesting.
This forum is not to bash on people, it is to be helpful, sharing your thoughts and interests, and seeing people who can relate to you, not just sexually.
Dominant is a noun.
pssst: ~whispers~ it can be an adjective:
adjective: dominant
1. most important, powerful, or influential.
"they are now in an even more dominant position in the market"
synonyms: presiding, ruling, governing, controlling, commanding, ascendant, supreme, authoritative More ~clickety click~
When you eventually grow up, you might understand the difference.
Communication on Lit is by words. It's rather important to use them correctly.
Or you show yourself up as ignorant. Not a good start.
I was fairly well regarded in my youth as to my grammatical habits. As I have aged (hard to say if I have matured) I have learned to relax and have fun with the language.
If I understand what someone means to say, then they have succeeded in their endeavor, which is to communicate with me.
Why, and to whom, would it be "important" to use words "correctly?"
No doubt I have made some identifiable error(s) in THIS post.
Near as I can tell, I didn't begin a sentence fragment with a preposition and end it with a period.
It's likely that many people reading the OP were able to suss out its meaning in this particular case. At the same time, it's equally likely that the post confused some people. And it's absolutely clear that the post also caused many people to regard its writer with some disdain for the use of imprecise language.
You seem to be suggesting in your post, quoted here, that imprecise language ought to be accepted so long as some number of people might be able to perceive its meaning. But doesn't that, by definition, mean that you're fine with some people not being able to understand it? Why would anyone ever want to communicate in such a way that some people, who otherwise understand the language perfectly well, might not be able to follow his remarks? Makes no sense to me.
Also, lowercasing dominate and capitalizing Submissive is an intriguing twist.
I come in half-snark only. I do think it's interesting.
To be perfectly truthful, all of us know exactly how "dominate" is most likely to be misused, and folks are no more likely to be confused by it than by using it properly.It's likely that many people reading the OP were able to suss out its meaning in this particular case. At the same time, it's equally likely that the post confused some people. And it's absolutely clear that the post also caused many people to regard its writer with some disdain for the use of imprecise language.
You seem to be suggesting in your post, quoted here, that imprecise language ought to be accepted so long as some number of people might be able to perceive its meaning. But doesn't that, by definition, mean that you're fine with some people not being able to understand it? Why would anyone ever want to communicate in such a way that some people, who otherwise understand the language perfectly well, might not be able to follow his remarks? Makes no sense to me.
To be perfectly truthful, all of us know exactly how "dominate" is most likely to be misused, and folks are no more likely to be confused by it than by using it properly.
Humans are fucking genius at "distilling the truth from the vapour of nuance" as Neal Stephenson put it.