Dictionaries aren't always right, but when we say something ''different'' from what dictionaries say, it shouldn't just hang unsupported in a vacuum; there ought to be some kind of backing or justification.
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Dictionaries aren't always right, but what we write should be informed by them; and when we say something ''different'' from what dictionaries say, it shouldn't just hang unsupported in a vacuum; there ought to be some kind of backing or justification.