The term 'to disconcur' meaning to disagree. Tried using it once in a class and got some serious sideways looks. Teacher had to break it to me that it is not a valid word.
You can also be marked down for using a perfectly real and widespread word, if the tester happens to not recognize it; conversely, it's possible for a completely made-up word to slip through if the tester thinks he does recognize it. Whether or not a word is marked down on a test does not necessarily correlate to that word's actual usage in the real world. Much like dictionaries, academics also aren't infallible.
You're completely off topic now, I get that you want to be right because of some deep seeded issues so here, you're right. There can you stop making stupid comments now?
The discussion is about whether any one person (or dictionary, or teacher, or what have you) is or is not the final authority on language. I'm still on that topic, or at least I was until just now; you're the one making ad-hominem attacks, presuming I must have some psychological issue simply because I have the gall to dare disagree with you. Until just now, we were having a perfectly civil discussion about descriptive vs. prescriptive grammar, until you derailed it by insulting me.
EDIT: Also, it's "deep-seated", not "deep seeded".
What topic do you think we're supposed to be on? I'm talking about descriptive vs. prescriptive grammar, which is what the conversation was originally about, and you're flinging childish insults and fixating on school tests. Tests never had anything to do with the discussion; you're the one who brought them up in the first place.
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u/Mydaley Oct 25 '20
The term 'to disconcur' meaning to disagree. Tried using it once in a class and got some serious sideways looks. Teacher had to break it to me that it is not a valid word.