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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

English Language Records

Who keeps the record of English (English) spelling and grammar? If there is no record, what's stopping people spelling words wrong and claiming they're correct?
  

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I do. Have you been cheating at Scrabble again?

— Avangi

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I do. Have you been cheating at Scrabble again?
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Hi,
Wait a minute, Tanit, I do too.

From now on, I'm just going to leave it up to you.

Now I'll finally have time to do some household chores.

Clive
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CliveWait a minute, Tanit, I do too
Me??? Emotion: crying I promise, I've never cheated at Scrabble.
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Sorry, Tanit, I meant to type Avangi.

So we've all three been keeping the official records of English? That seems a bit of overkill. It just sounds like a two-person job.

Clive
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AnonymousWho keeps the record of English (English) spelling and grammar?

I've been trying to bend the language into new shapes, but to no avail since nobody takes me seriously.
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AnonymousWho keeps the record of English (English) spelling and grammar?

Microsoft Word.
I am Word your Spell Checker:
You shall have no other Spell Checkers before me.
Remember punctuation and keep it holy.
You shall not commit misspellings.
You shall not join chat rooms, cuz there the gates of **** wit alot of sin n bad g
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KooyeenSpell checkers underline your mistakes with that annoying wavy red mark.
You can turn that off. I do. I prefer to spellcheck when I have finished.
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AnonymousWho keeps the record of English (English) spelling and grammar?
dictionaries
AnonymousIf there is no record, what's stopping people spelling words wrong and claiming they're correct?

That is how English spelling has always been determined to some extent.

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But who's watching out for all the bad dictionaries?

What kinds of people does the "Usage Board" comprise?
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