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Originally Posted by DaleDe
There is no such body in the USA that I am aware of. The dictionary writers used to claim to do this but they have abdicated this responsibility and now claim to only document usage. There are groups that attempt to document usage and determine if there is sufficient usage make it a real word but no regulation exisis. American English is a very dynamic language.
Dale
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So it's up to individual schools (for example) to figure out, which guidelines and conventions to use? And basically those who can publish the most popular dictionary "wins"? It's probably fine, but it is a very strange thought for me
With no state authority it leaves 'the people' without influence.