practice of promoting one kind of language use over another. It may imply that some usages are incorrect, improper, illogical, lack communicative effect, or are of low aesthetic value
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descriptivsm
nonjudgmental approach to language that focuses on how it is actually spoken and written
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archaic
no longer in everyday use
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obsolete
gone completely out of everyday language
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idiosyncratic
unusual lack of standardisation
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collocation
words that naturally go together eg fast food not quick food
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