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Things usage often describes ("usage ________")
How usage often is described ("________ usage")
- english
- modern
- popular
- present
- wide
- parliamentary
- loose
- grammatical
- biblical
- hard
- cruel
- century
- rough
- incorrect
- common
- linguistic
- universal
- formal
- normal
- latter
- contemporary
- conventional
- classical
- ill
- ordinary
- commercial
- general
- british
- american
- constant
- immemorial
- wider
- practical
- daily
- frequent
- clinical
- christian
- long
- actual
- day
- widespread
- current
- correct
- colloquial
- typical
- proper
- everyday
- customary
- literary
- efficient
- traditional
- greek
- standard
- roman
- ancient
- earlier
- technical
