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    Tyrael Firenze
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eli85 View Post
    Dictionary.com is the furthest thing from the definitive source of the English language (the Oxford English Dictionary is). The key is in your link: Informal English. Dictionary.com includes so many informal and colloquial language, which are not words by the authoritative sources. If you write a paper at any college or university worth their salt, and write the word funnest, it will be circled and marked, "not a word."

    As for all the others who throw around "Grammar Nazi," you're just too funny. I guess it's an unrealistic expectation when browsing an English forum for posters to use actual words? This is why society is going down the toilet.
    I don’t think you appreciate how flexible the dictionary is. Oxford dictionary regularly updates its news words list because, unlike you, it recognises that language is not fixed. It develops, grows, and changes, according to how people use it. It is a tool to communicate. As long as you are understood and not in an English exam, which I don’t believe we are, it is fine. Whatev got added in 2019, for goodness sake, so I think funnest can be left alone even if it is technically incorrect.

    Following on from Mozzy’s point about colons, you should also keep in mind colloquial differences based on country. In my country (UK), "Grammar Nazi," is incorrect. We would put the punctuation outside of the quotation, as follows: “Grammar Nazi”, . This is also an international site, where users may not be as fluent in English as you are. If you give people some slack and don’t hold them to a ruler, you may find you enjoy conversations more.


    Anyway, I find SCH to be the most fun, though I dislike changes made to it. I also enjoy SAM.
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    Last edited by RubixCube; 12-10-2019 at 07:30 AM.