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#usagefail Prescribed v. Proscribed

Just saw this in a license agreement written by a big-company attorney who should know better …

Q:	How should I attribute the sample data provided by BigCo] if I use it as proscribed above?

“proscribed” means prohibited, “prescribed” means as instructed …

two words, one letter difference, diametrically opposite meanings

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