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I see we have a thread just chalk full of rouge scholars.
your = Belonging to you.
you're = Contraction meaning "You are."
Ur = The name of an ancient Mesopotamian city.
ur = This is not a word.
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In reply to everyone else...
The defence rests.
No, he mis-spelt that word. Get it rite.
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This thread is rediculous.
Seriously, it was so diculous, it diculous'd again!
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This thread should of been reigned in after the third post.
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Except in this case, it's exactly what's happening. The meaning has changed over time. The new one is nearly universally accepted at this point. Except by a rare few wannabe intellectual elitists that like to argue semantics to try to prove how much "smarter" they are than everyone else.

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Are you still talking about the word "decimate"? Because as I said before, as far as I can tell, "decimate" meaning "completely wipe out" is not universally accepted. In fact, it's not accepted at all, according to the dictionaries I've checked. Can you provide a source to the contrary?
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So if I decimate something ten times, have I destroyed ALL of it ten times, or only a total of ~65% of it?
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No one in this thread is making the case that 'decimate' can only mean 'reduce by one-tenth.' If that were the case you'd be right.
Except in this case, it's exactly what's happening. The meaning has changed over time. The new one is nearly universally accepted at this point. Except by a rare few wannabe intellectual elitists that like to argue semantics to try to prove how much "smarter" they are than everyone else.
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But that isn't the case. And so, you're wrong.
"Reduce greatly" is not the same as "completely eradicate."
Now, find us the citation that from a source that claims that 'decimate' is now in general use to mean "completely eradicate."
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound