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17% of native English speakers spell received as "recieved", and 23% of Americans pronounce nuclear as "nukyular" (*). Does that convince you that these are le
by jjgreen 4y ago
17% of native English speakers spell received as "recieved", and 23% of Americans pronounce nuclear as "nukyular" (*). Does that convince you that these are legitimate spellings and pronunciations? So a popularity contest does not convince me, but were someone to address my points above, possibly.
(*) made-up numbers, but I guess not far-off
- eesmith 4y agoN-gram "received/recieved" shows a relative ratio of around 3000x, no doubt because it's derived from published books, many of which have gone through a copy editor. I don't think you've made any other point besides your disdain for the copy editors at The Guardian. Since it appears many other copy editors agree with The Guardian, I think it's fair to say your inference is unsupported.