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minus-squareLaticaudalinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoHave you ever met someone who’s actually paid for a dictionary in the last several decades? I don’t think there’s a global conspiracy trying to sell them to people lol, you can access most for free fairly easily.
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoI don’t know of any dictionaries that try to teach you the King’s correct English. But people still point to them as if they do.
Have you ever met someone who’s actually paid for a dictionary in the last several decades? I don’t think there’s a global conspiracy trying to sell them to people lol, you can access most for free fairly easily.
I don’t know of any dictionaries that try to teach you the King’s correct English. But people still point to them as if they do.