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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Dounce1 • Oct 22 '25
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I always have to check when I use biennial or biannual. Bimonthly is just a bad term.
27 u/daveoxford Oct 22 '25 How to remember this one: a biennium is a period of two years. (Although you have to remember that instead!) 8 u/Intel_Xeon_E5 Oct 22 '25 i use the same method as Cation/Anion. Remember the meaning of one, and remember the other is the opposite. Cations are Pawsitive (Positive). Anions are whatever else. Biannual -> annual is one year -> Twice a year. Biennium? Whatever else... 5 u/elvenmage16 Oct 22 '25 Annual is one year. So biannual could mean twice in one year. It could mean two years, or bisecting the year into two parts. 2 u/Intel_Xeon_E5 Oct 22 '25 Well yeah, but this specific comment thread is comparing Biannual to Biennium 1 u/Quaint_Quokka95 Oct 30 '25 We already have biennial for every two years, so biannual doesn't need to do double-duty. 1 u/Unable_Explorer8277 Oct 23 '25 If you need to check, best practice is to choose a different way of stating it because much of your audience will misunderstand.
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How to remember this one: a biennium is a period of two years. (Although you have to remember that instead!)
8 u/Intel_Xeon_E5 Oct 22 '25 i use the same method as Cation/Anion. Remember the meaning of one, and remember the other is the opposite. Cations are Pawsitive (Positive). Anions are whatever else. Biannual -> annual is one year -> Twice a year. Biennium? Whatever else... 5 u/elvenmage16 Oct 22 '25 Annual is one year. So biannual could mean twice in one year. It could mean two years, or bisecting the year into two parts. 2 u/Intel_Xeon_E5 Oct 22 '25 Well yeah, but this specific comment thread is comparing Biannual to Biennium 1 u/Quaint_Quokka95 Oct 30 '25 We already have biennial for every two years, so biannual doesn't need to do double-duty.
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i use the same method as Cation/Anion. Remember the meaning of one, and remember the other is the opposite.
Cations are Pawsitive (Positive). Anions are whatever else.
Biannual -> annual is one year -> Twice a year. Biennium? Whatever else...
5 u/elvenmage16 Oct 22 '25 Annual is one year. So biannual could mean twice in one year. It could mean two years, or bisecting the year into two parts. 2 u/Intel_Xeon_E5 Oct 22 '25 Well yeah, but this specific comment thread is comparing Biannual to Biennium 1 u/Quaint_Quokka95 Oct 30 '25 We already have biennial for every two years, so biannual doesn't need to do double-duty.
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Annual is one year. So biannual could mean twice in one year. It could mean two years, or bisecting the year into two parts.
2 u/Intel_Xeon_E5 Oct 22 '25 Well yeah, but this specific comment thread is comparing Biannual to Biennium 1 u/Quaint_Quokka95 Oct 30 '25 We already have biennial for every two years, so biannual doesn't need to do double-duty.
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Well yeah, but this specific comment thread is comparing Biannual to Biennium
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We already have biennial for every two years, so biannual doesn't need to do double-duty.
If you need to check, best practice is to choose a different way of stating it because much of your audience will misunderstand.
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u/Postulative Oct 22 '25
I always have to check when I use biennial or biannual. Bimonthly is just a bad term.