"Jose" wrote in message
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If you want to go stand in line with the people splitting hairs over
"biannual" versus "biennial"...

Actually, that's not a hair, that's a pretty fat rope. Confusing
multplication with division (except in cellular biology) is more in line
with that one.

Sorry, wrong answer. The dictionary definition of "biannual" allows for
both the "half" and "every two" interpretation.

If you want a language that has no such ambiguities, you'll have to abandon
English. Like it or not, there are a number of examples of words that can
be used with two or more entirely different meanings. "Biannual" is one of
them, and in one use it is synonymous with "biennial".

Pete