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> What's popular isn't always correct and dictionaries by definition reflect usage. What's popular is correct by definition, that's why dictionaries reflect us
by gnaritas 9y ago
> What's popular isn't always correct and dictionaries by definition reflect usage.
What's popular is correct by definition, that's why dictionaries reflect usage, they don't prescribe it. Language is about communication, not syntax, people do use "literally" when they mean figuratively and you know it, I know it, so they are communicating, the word has obtained new meaning. Words are not static things.
- njarboe 9y agoSome cultures put more emphasis on the top down approach than others. France[1] tends to be more into top down control of its language than the English. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_de_l%27Acad%C3%A9mie_fran%C3%A7aise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_de_l%27Acad%C3%A9...