The way things are. - eviltoast
  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Correct. You’ve just described how the language you’re using has come to be. It evolves over time, and the OED is the most respected documenter of that change. We don’t use the same English that was standard a century ago. Wheat is colloquial now is the standard.