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I think dictionaries should be descriptive to a point. Likewise, the rules of grammar should be descriptive within some reasonable bounds. For example, the vast majority of people have found that it is easier to use "they" as a singular, gender-neutral pronoun rather than say "he or she," yet this is not incorporated (yet) into our official grammar. It' silly.
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