>> Could that be because many of us are native English speakers and
>> therefore understand the subtleties of the Eng. Lang. more intuitively?
>> BTW Not meant offensively
> 
> What it more likely means is that native speakers, being exposed to more 
> usages of the word, are consequently more exposed to incorrect uses.
> 
> A foreign speaker is more likely to know only the dictionary definition.

Define "correct" and we'll continue. ;-)

Seriously - do you have any idea how many "English" words are actually 
misused or misheard words from other languages? The same probably goes 
for most languages of the world - except those belonging to remote tribes.

So just who exactly defines what is the "correct" meaning of a word? And 
if it isn't the native speakers of the language that word belongs to, 
then who the hell is it??

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