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Steven Pinker on things that aren't destroying English.
The implacable pedantry of the word police


"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
 
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Interesting, Bob. Thanks for the links. In the Pinker article, I didn't realize that candelabra had originally been plural. Oh, and I do know someone who insists on using agendum, instead of agenda. You might be able to guess who it is as he used to post here.
 
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