Re:Editing - words have meanings. (Score 1)

I'm not entirely sure what the point of your comment is, as grandparent mentioned nothing about the redundance of "arms akimbo".

The remark about semantics is what I choose to take issue with. While the question of the meaning of "akimbo" could be considered superfluous (though the use of the word does make me briefly question whether Mario's enemies have started expressing their defeat in strange new ways), the use of "penultimate" was misleading. The author's intent, regardless of whether it is more important than the meaning of his words, is overshadowed by the use of a word which is in direct contradiction to his meaning. His use of "penultimate" is not a question of semantics but of diction. In this case, diction which presents wholly incorrect information. NOTE: I chose not to use "patently" because I don't know for sure what it means.