Re: use of small kana on the increase?


"dareka" <dareka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:el6ipr$9mo$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ben Bullock wrote:

This is the same nincompoop who didn't even know that plant and
animal species names were commonly written in katakana, and went on and

Does "commonly" here means "sometimes" or "academically"?

"Commonly" means "often" not "sometimes".

Do you want to state that katakana is only used for animal and plant names in academic contexts?

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