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Old 04-19-2023, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
It’s probably because people learn a “proper” usage and then believe they are right. Last week someone claimed “golf” was not a verb - it is. Now a claim is made that “several” or “many” are not synonyms of “multiple” - they are.

Online dictionaries and thesauruses are easy to find.
“Golf” “multiple” times per week and ya won’t have time to worry about proper grammar.