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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by eivarv on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:17AM (#22557087) 

    Usage defines language not the other way around
That depends on whether you take a prescriptive or descriptive approach.
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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by Analemma_ on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:23AM (#22557151)
And the prescriptivist approach is dumb, because no one has the authority to prescribe English usage. We don’t have an Academie française, and even English dictionaries explicitly disavow any intent to mandate correct usage and state that they are only cataloging real world speech.
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