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Fair enough... I should know I've seen enough word usage change over a few decades. Sigh.

• jontas 9y ago
  That quote says it's been two and a half centuries.
  • sowbug 9y ago
    The reference was to general change in word usage, not to change in this word's usage. See also https://billbennett.co.nz/2009/09/01/writing-warning/ https://billbennett.co.nz/2009/09/01/writing-warning/
    • gommm 9y ago
      Nice quote from one of the links on this page: I think 'to be a nitpicker' is one of those irregular verbs: I am a purist, you are a pedant, they are a bunch of nitpickers.