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Old 20-02-2019, 10:04 PM
leadville
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Remember Canute? You would stand as much chance of throttling language change as he did with holding back the tide.

And just as it would have been unfair if he'd succeeded it would be equally unfair to prescribe and proscribe usage except in very specific circumstances and for very specific, important reasons. And apart from such special or specialised situations, it would be pretty pointless even to consider trying.
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