A U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect Monday at 10 a.m. EST at the direction of President Donald Trump, but in a matter of hours, the blockade was breached without incident by at least four Iran-linked vessels, BBC reported Tuesday.On Monday, Trump said that he had instructe...
If we are being really pedantic. Knots is a measure of distance, and the fact that people have been using that wrong for several centuries does not turn a rope tied at one point into a time-changing object.
We’ve only been sailing for “several centuries.” How long was it a measure of distance before people started using it wrong?
No, it isn’t. A nautical mile is a measurement of distance, a knot is a nautical mile per hour.
I believe the current terminology is nautical mile (distance) and knot (speed).
The way language works is that people use things and they become correct.
There’s things I hate, too, like “yea” now being a spelling for “yeah”. But it’s useless to fight it.