<p>I am referring here to recent question: <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/146533/versus-vs-how-to-properly-use-this-word-in-data-analysis">versus (vs.): how to properly use this word in data analysis</a> that asked about proper usage of "versus" word in describing relations between variables in data analysis.</p>

<p>For me such a question is off-topic since it is about English language usage rather than statistics. My argument is that if the question would ask about describing the same things but in language other than English it would considered be bluntly off-topic (and possibly unanswerable for most of us).</p>

<p>Questions about word usage in statistical reports were closed several times before as off-topic, while the one I refer to seems not to provoke votes for being off-topic. So my question is: are this kind of questions off-topic or not? What are the criteria? And <em>if</em> this kind of questions are not off-topic, then maybe we need <code>[statistical-language]</code> tag as poster of the linked question suggested..?</p>
