Words have lost their common meaning (lecture en anglais de "The Atlantic")

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To speak English is to know the difference between pairs of words that might as well be the same one: "entrance" and "entry". "Awesome" and "awful" are similar. However, one might easily feel less confident about the difference between "equality" and "equity", in the way that today’s crusaders use the word in "diversity", "equity", and "inclusion".
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Article écrit par John McWhorter, prof de linguistique à Columbia University
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/nation-divided-language/618461/