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I do not view dictionaries as a source of truth, and generally I don't accept a prescriptivist view onlanguage. Dictionaries are for referencing. Reading Xah L
by jfax 5y ago
I do not view dictionaries as a source of truth, and generally I don't accept a prescriptivist view onlanguage. Dictionaries are for referencing. Reading Xah Lee's reviews of dictionaries made me understand that different ones have different purposes.
http://xahlee.org/wordy/musing/dict_AHD_vs_NOAD.html http://xahlee.org/wordy/musing/dict_AHD_vs_NOAD.html
http://xahlee.org/wordy/musing/dict_review.html http://xahlee.org/wordy/musing/dict_review.html
http://xahlee.org/wordy/words/dictionary_tools.html http://xahlee.org/wordy/words/dictionary_tools.html