Just a quick reminder that dictionaries are descriptive, they document existing language use rather than set down rules.
If enough people break an existing rule often enough, it makes it into dictionaries. Just ask anyone who doesn’t think that “ironic” should mean “coincidental”.
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Just a quick reminder that dictionaries are descriptive, they document existing language use rather than set down rules.
If enough people break an existing rule often enough, it makes it into dictionaries. Just ask anyone who doesn’t think that “ironic” should mean “coincidental”.
Literally
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Sure.
It’s just that some people see a dictionary entry and take it as gospel truth.
I was with you until the end, but I refuse to let Alanis Morisette order the dictionary around!