http://www.helyar.net/2009/learn-english-or-stop-saying-you-speak-it/ From the desktop of George Helyar Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.helyar.net/2009/learn-english-or-stop-saying-you-speak-it/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Matt Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:15:41 +0000 http://www.helyar.net/?p=371#comment-63 Yeah, a few decades ago they decided that a more modern and useful model for dictionaries is to be descriptive (list what people DO say) rather than prescriptive (list what people SHOULD say). There are still a few prescriptive dictionaries, but all the big ones are descriptive. Language is always changing anyway. Yeah, a few decades ago they decided that a more modern and useful model for dictionaries is to be descriptive (list what people DO say) rather than prescriptive (list what people SHOULD say). There are still a few prescriptive dictionaries, but all the big ones are descriptive. Language is always changing anyway.

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