In the 8th grade a Teacher who I actually respected greatly got onto me for using the word 'ain't'. She insisted it was not a word, used her dictionary to prove to me it was not in there.
Next day I brought in my collegiate dictionary, newer than hers by a decade or two, and showed her the word was in it. She drug me by my ear to the principal's office, impertinence, punishments ensued.
I understood, and learned that just because a book states something doesn't make it real.
I also understand what you're saying tho, goalposts just get up and walk away these days.
But the dictionary quietly added mRNA to the definition of vaccine...
The dictionary is not a legal document
bUt MuH eJuCaShUn...
Mine has not.
In the 8th grade a Teacher who I actually respected greatly got onto me for using the word 'ain't'. She insisted it was not a word, used her dictionary to prove to me it was not in there.
Next day I brought in my collegiate dictionary, newer than hers by a decade or two, and showed her the word was in it. She drug me by my ear to the principal's office, impertinence, punishments ensued.
I understood, and learned that just because a book states something doesn't make it real.
I also understand what you're saying tho, goalposts just get up and walk away these days.
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