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For English, this is absolutely true. (I believe some other languages are, at least officially, less fluid -- such as French, policed by the Academie Francaise)
by gmac 11y ago
For English, this is absolutely true. (I believe some other languages are, at least officially, less fluid -- such as French, policed by the Academie Francaise).
And it does turn out, it seems, that 'burglarize' is legit (and I failed to do my homework). But I still dislike it intensely: why use more syllables/more letters when you could use fewer with exactly the same meaning? (I also have a preference, albeit weaker, for oriented over orientated, and so on).
- eru 11y agoOh, just because the Academie Francaise has some power de jure, doesn't mean that they regulate French language (as spoken by the French) de facto. Btw, you might like http://verben.texttheater.net/Englisch http://verben.texttheater.net/Englisch (and if you know German, the rest of their stuff is great, too).