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Subject:Re: American Heritage Dictionary From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 31 Jan 1994 22:29:23 -0800
Stephen Bernhardt said:
> Craig's right--it's an old argument about what a dictionary should be. If
> we want a purely descriptive work, we wouldn't have usage panels. I would
But that's exactly the purpose of the usage panels--to give you a
feeling for how language is used.
