2016年5月19日 星期四

Language books are turning to big data to answer questions of usage

Millions of books scanned by Google allow Bryan Garner, a lawyer and language pundit, to compare "he pleaded guilty" with "he pled guilty"; the traditional "run the gantlet" with the more common "run the gauntlet"

The “usage wars” are coming to an end, and good sense is winning
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