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We all understood what it meant. Also people have idiolects, and there is no such a thing as an authoritative version of English.
by hungryforcodes 5y ago
We all understood what it meant. Also people have idiolects, and there is no such a thing as an authoritative version of English.
- kube-system 5y agoOf course, dictionaries simply document established usage. The existence of idiolects isn't a prohibition on discussions of diction.
- hungryforcodes 5y agoRight, and also things like spelling and language change over time. As you probably are no doubt sensitive to. We should not -- and in fact cannot -- avoid this... https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102725.html https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item102725.html