User:Długosz

Wiktionary:Other Dictionaries on the Web

This is a placeholder for words to note as I think of them, that will be used in an essay on proscriptive vs. descriptive usage.

• Preventative vs. Preventive 1913 dictionary says "incorrect", modern says "variation"
• ain't
• you as 2nd person singular, shifted in 16th-18th centuries
• sophisticated
• leverage as verb (vulgar business slang)
• impact as verb (bvs)