Difference between revisions of "Usage"

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Words have meanings. What those meanings are generally depends on common usage. That's how language works. Attempts to alter common usage are almost always less about precision than they are about fulfilling a political or religious agenda.
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Words have meanings. What those meanings are generally depends on common '''usage'''. That's how [[language]] works. Attempts to alter common usage are almost always less about precision than they are about fulfilling a [[political]] or [[religious]] agenda.
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Latest revision as of 21:15, July 13, 2016

Words have meanings. What those meanings are generally depends on common usage. That's how language works. Attempts to alter common usage are almost always less about precision than they are about fulfilling a political or religious agenda.