Student Pilot Gets Five Months In Prison

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"Rich S." wrote:

"Jughugs" wrote in message
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Uh, no wonder other countries laugh at our lack of skill with language. So
growing up all through school, you were only taught to use ONE of the
possible meanings? Just a quick look at dictionary.com shows other uses
and gives an example:

"To reduce markedly in amount: a profligate heir who decimated his trust
fund. "

Repeated errors may become common usage - but they're still errors.

I guess if I were an ancient Roman I might agree with you, but as
a speaker of English, I have to say you're wrong. It's a common
meaning and as correct as any other.

Unless you regularly speak proto-Indo European, your converstation is
probably entirely words that originally had other meanings.

Mike Beede