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Phase 11: Cold Welcome; Part 1: Toronto Chainsaw Massacre
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(03-29-2010 08:10 PM)Milo Wrote:  What if the dictionaries disagree with each other?

Then public opinion wins. If the majority of people agree that a technically "wrong" grammar or spelling usage is correct, it then stops being wrong. I will point you to the word "ain't", which for decades was considered "wrong", but has become such a part of the English subconscious that it's now defined in most dictionaries.

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RE: Phase 11: Cold Welcome; Part 1: Toronto Chainsaw Massacre - Darg - 03-30-2010 03:34 PM

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