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This is semantically correct and everyone else is wrong. Semi weekly is every other week. The widespread confusion on this is the surest sign that degeneracy prevails in the world.
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So if "bi" is twice, does that mean if you are 'bi-sexual', you only have sex twice?
weekly is once a week. bi-weekly is weekly times 2
If you bisect something, you don't double it.
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this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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