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Language is a living entity that reflects how people are currently using it. At times frustrating but true.


Well, that argument, while true, is often used to justify poor language skills. Inclusion in the dictionary isn't an indicator of correctness.

Here's an article about it. The gist is, "The dictionaries have begrudgingly bowed to the will of the grammar-averse public."

https://theweek.com/articles/466957/how-wrong-definition-literally-sneaked-into-dictionary



Edited by Bill Kennedy (04/23/20 10:23 PM)
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