Not ages at all, Chris. Google/copy/paste :-)
In any event, (and just to add a bit of fuel...) I'm not so sure that one
can claim the English (as in UK) Oxford as authoritative any longer, as
compared to the USAian one. After all, there are few more of us than y'all
at this point :-P
All in good fun. I appreciate your position, Chris, and actually enjoy the
postings resulting.
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 7:55 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scott
>
> That must have taken you ages!
>
> And again I accept your right to consult such tomes, online or off, but it
> has ‘American’ in the title. I tend to consult my 1980s Shorter Oxford, if
> only to comfort myself in the face of assaults on the language ;-)
>
> I do understand the dynamism of the language (I read your previous post on
> the subject), but my point about losing useful words stands. And it’s all
> very well to adjust the language to suit our needs, but it’s being adjusted
> by the masses on the basis of ignorance (sorry if that reads as arrogance).
>
> But that is an interesting resource, nonetheless.
>
> Chris
>
> > On 1 Mar 2015, at 15:41, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Well, Chris, perhaps this comment on usage from Oxford? I read it as
> being
> > a concession to the idea that usage of unique, isn't... unique. :-)
> >
> > "Usage
> >
> > There is a set of adjectives
> > <
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/adjective
> <
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/adjective
> >>
> > —including
> > <
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/include <
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/include>>
> > *unique*, *complete
> snip
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