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Sparrow · 06-03-2010, 05:36 AM

It's tricky - but the ultimate authority, in my view, is what people actually use - it's their language, and no-one has the right to restrict their use of it.
Dictionaries record usage, they don't regulate it.

06-03-2010, 05:36 AM	#7
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	It's tricky - but the ultimate authority, in my view, is what people actually use - it's their language, and no-one has the right to restrict their use of it. Dictionaries record usage, they don't regulate it.