I remember asking my mother how to spell (fill in the blank). She’d always answer: “Look it up in the dictionary”. And I would retort: “How can I look it up if I can’t spell it?”. She STILL wouldn’t spell the word for me. Yes, she knew how to spell. She was actually a teacher.
There are different styles of dictionary: descriptive and prescriptive. A descriptive dictionary describes the way a language is used, a prescriptive dictionary describes how a language is supposed to be used. It’s a little picayunish, but for a long time most were prescriptive (Funk & Wagnall’s), this swung over so now most are descriptive (American Heritage).
drogers30 almost 5 years ago
Actually he makes sense
dlkrueger33 almost 5 years ago
I remember asking my mother how to spell (fill in the blank). She’d always answer: “Look it up in the dictionary”. And I would retort: “How can I look it up if I can’t spell it?”. She STILL wouldn’t spell the word for me. Yes, she knew how to spell. She was actually a teacher.
Stocky One almost 5 years ago
Did you know that the word ‘gullible’ is not in the dictionary?
1MadHat Premium Member almost 5 years ago
There are different styles of dictionary: descriptive and prescriptive. A descriptive dictionary describes the way a language is used, a prescriptive dictionary describes how a language is supposed to be used. It’s a little picayunish, but for a long time most were prescriptive (Funk & Wagnall’s), this swung over so now most are descriptive (American Heritage).
ayespin almost 5 years ago
Tell him to look up the word “Thesaurus.” Most millennials think it’s a dinosaur!
Rogers George Premium Member almost 5 years ago
I looked up “dictionary” in one of those little pocket dictionaries once. The definition was: (This is one)