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Originally Posted by Bill14564
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.
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Language is dynamic and always changing. which is why the Chicago Manual of Style has been updated, 17 times.
These days, you hardly ever hear anyone say, "we had a gay old time last night".
Which raises three questions.
1) What does "gay" mean?
2) Does the period come before or after the quotation marks?
3) Is "dynamic" and "always changing" in the same sentence. redundant?