Dear Geist,
Why did my history prof take off marks for writing that a certain general in history was “aggravating”? I had plenty of evidence, including one primary source. When I asked him, he assigned me to figure it out because he wants all his students to be perfectionists like him.

Dear Aggro,
Our guess is that the newer usage of
—is as likely to be a pedant as a perfectionist.
—The Editors