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> You get a ruling body to declare a particular manner of speaking as the preferred one, mandate that it be taught to children in school and prevent anyone who

• jackjeff 7y ago
  This is what France does. The Académie Française is responsible for defining the proper spelling of words and update the intricate grammar rules. At some point the Éducation Nationale adopts the changes and requires that all children learn using the new rules. Eventually style guides of major newspapers and TVs are updated as well. This has worked mostly until the reform of the 1990s which is controversial. I think the Éducation has only recently started to enforce it (15 years later). Many publications still use or tolerate the old style. Microsoft office gives you two dictionaries to chose from. So basically this has worked until people started to actively go against it...