The OED is like 150 years old with literally thousands of people scouring every possible source of English for any possible permutation of every word ever. It’s a reference for specialists, not public consumption.
Shockingly, the use of the word “the” might not be all that interesting. That’s not the point, the goal is to document all possible uses and that is laudable.
The OED is like 150 years old with literally thousands of people scouring every possible source of English for any possible permutation of every word ever. It’s a reference for specialists, not public consumption.
Yet every unusual entry I thought to look up says this:
Some aren’t even that complicated or lengthy to define. As a specialist who would possibly use it, not terribly impressed.
Shockingly, the use of the word “the” might not be all that interesting. That’s not the point, the goal is to document all possible uses and that is laudable.
From that you somehow ended up at “the”…
That is possibly the dumbest reply you could have come up with. I commend you.
Gotcha, you were never arguing in good faith.
I was wrong, you did come up with an even dumber reply.
For the sake of argument, I looked up the word “the”:
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/the_adj?tab=factsheet#18778131
It doesn’t contain that message I referred to.
Yep, you get a block. Have a nice day.
Dumb shit blocks me, oh no, anyway.