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OP just now I made an edit to my post in the "gleaning" thread, changing my reference to the "W2" dictionary to read "W3". This is a fine but important distinction -- Webster's Second International was prescriptive and Webster's Thrid is descriptive. at the time W3 was first published there was much hue and cry because of this. this is an old and much beaten horse in these parts; just try searching for prescriptive AND descriptive. my point in bringing it up yet again is to point out that almost all modern dictionaries are descriptive (that is, they describe the way the language is used; not the way it should be used). we seem to attract folks who tend towards the prescriptive (e.g., you can't use decimate like that; orientate isn't a real word!; glean doesn't mean that; etc.). but the Truth is, when it comes to how language evolves and is ultimately used, the masses will always win out. rail away, but.
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