Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica unquote
From: Mikiro M <arbos@iname.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:26:27 +0100

At 8:43 AM +0100 99.1.22, Kekfoto@aol.com wrote:
>When I was going to school some 60 years ago, I remember Mrs Marsh telling us
>that the dictionary only tells us the common use of a word, which can change
>over time, but no the correct use of the word.
>

Isn't it a chicken-and-egg situation?
Languages change like living things, and dictionaries affect the changes
(IMHO). ;-)


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