• Tramort@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Quintessential does not mean “really essential”, and does not make sense in this context.

    You can’t really be quintessential “for” something; only quintessential of something.

    • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org
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      16 hours ago

      Ethymologically you are right, I wasn’t really aware of the alchemical background of five rounds of destillation when I wrote my comment.

      Nonetheless, “quintessential for” is not unheard (or rather unread?) of:

      It will take another generation or two until this usage becomes normalized, so thank you for pointing me to a better style.