Or, even worse, examples that use future tense to refer to things that have already happened.
@Pat Berry I have an Italian language guide with a guide to their currency, then Lira. It aged like milk because of its timing (2001), where the Euro was introduced only next year.
I did this with Fandom-Enraging Misconception/Kirby. I'm sorry. I guess I shouldn't apologize for everything, as I'm only been here since the start of June.
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"Increasingly Common"
I'm finding it increasingly common that "increasingly common" is an example of this. Of course when it ceases to be "increasingly common"... I'm bringing it up here instead of a massive purge folks may decide to revert.
Some examples I found: below is PAGE:Example from page
- School Study Media: "Anthem and other Ayn Rand books are becoming increasingly common in the U.S."
- Wuxia:"Kung-Fu Sonic Boom: introduced in the late 90s, this effect is increasingly common in recent series."
- LARP:"The inter-nordic "Meating Point" or "Node" convention in particular strive to advance LARP as a medium in many ways, and serious academical papers on LARP is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon.""
- Power Metal:"It has become increasingly common for modern power metal vocalists to employ gruff, throaty vocals similar to thrash or, as with some bands, Harsh Vocals."
Sounds like a legit gripe to me. I'll add it to the page description.
I think it's also a marker of weak or general examples.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Added a ""...came out X years ago...", some Tropers say things like this, but as Time Marches On the number of years ago changes, too.
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