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'''Misconception:''' ''"Healthy" has only recently been used to describe food.'' It is true that the adjective "healthful" has been pushed out in favour of "healthy" in recent times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grammarist.com/usage/healthful-healthy/|title=Healthful vs healthy|work=Grammarist|date=20 April 2011|access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> However, the distinction between the words dates only to the 19th century. Before that, the words were used interchangeably; some examples date to the 16th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/02/healthy-healthful.html|title=Healthy choices|first1=Patricia|last1=O'Coner|first2=Stewart|last2=Kellerman|work=Grammarphobia Blog|date=2012-02-24|access-date=2013-06-11}}</ref> According to Professor Paul Brians, "Many argue 'people are healthy, but vegetables are ''healthful''<nowiki/>'"; however, "phrases like 'part of a healthy breakfast' have become so widespread that they are rarely perceived as erroneous except by the hyper-correct."<ref>[[#Bri09|Brians 2009]]. p. 108.</ref>
'''Misconception:''' ''Non-standard, slang, or colloquial words are not real words''. For instance, despite appearing as a word in numerous dictionaries,<ref>[[#FreeDictionary|Free Dictionary]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Dictionary.com|Dictionary.com]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Oxford|Oxford English Dictionary]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Cambridge|Cambridge Dictionaries Online]]. "Irregardless"; [[#YourDictionary|YourDictionary.com]]. "Irregardless"; [[#BeeDictionary|BeeDictionary.com]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Scrabble|Scrabble Word Finder]]. "Irregardless"; [[#AllWords|AllWords.com]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Vocabulary.com|Vocabulary.com]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Collins|Collins Dictionaries]]. "Irregardless"; [[#Lexicus|Lexicus]]. "Irregardless".</ref> "[[irregardless]]" is dismissed as "not a word" in some style guides.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://justwrite.mst.edu/2012/04/common-vocabulary-errors.html|year=2012|title=Common vocabulary errors|publisher=Missouri University of Science and Technology|access-date=2012-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903072420/http://justwrite.mst.edu/2012/04/common-vocabulary-errors.html|archive-date=2012-09-03|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=http://agency.nd.edu/resources-and-downloads/style-guide-introduction/|title=Style Guide|publisher=University of Notre Dame|access-date=2012-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007042448/http://agency.nd.edu/resources-and-downloads/style-guide-introduction/|archive-date=2012-10-07|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=http://www.utexas.edu/brand-guidelines/writers-style-guide/tricky-words|title=Tricky Words|publisher=University of Texas at Austin|access-date=2012-09-18}}</ref> All words in English originated by becoming commonly used during a certain time period, so although there are many vernacular words currently not accepted as part of the [[standard language]], or regarded as infelicitous in formal speech or writing, it does not follow that they are somehow not words.<ref name="not-a-word-3">{{cite web|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/2011/02/dont_hang_the_lexicographers.html|title=Don't hang the lexicographers|first=John|last=McIntyre|year=2011|access-date=2012-09-27}}</ref><ref name="not-a-word-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.good.is/posts/let-s-bury-the-not-a-word-myth/|title=Let's Bury the Not-a-Word Myth|first=Mark|last=Peters|year=2011|access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref><ref name="not-a-word-1">{{cite web|url=http://stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/not-a-word-is-not-an-argument/|title='Not a word' is not an argument|first=Stan|last=Carey|date=2010-07-12|access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref> Examples of words that are sometimes alleged to be "not a word" include "conversate", "gonna", "ain't", "funnest", "impactful", "mentee" and "thusly".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/is-funnest-a-word.aspx|title=Is "Funnest" a Word?|first=Mignon|last=Fogarty|date=2008-09-12|access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgingtheunbridgeable.com/2012/03/21/thusly-is-not-a-word-2/|title=Thusly is not a Word?|date=2012-03-21|access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volokh.com/posts/1187887242.shtml|title=Is Not A Word|first=Eugene|last=Vokloh|date=2007-08-23|access-date=2012-09-25}}</ref> All of these appear in numerous dictionaries as English words.<ref>[[#Dictionary.com|Dictionary.com]]. "Conversate"; [[#AllWords|AllWords.com]]. "Conversate"; [[#Lexicus|Lexicus]]. "Conversate".</ref><ref>[[#Dictionary.com|Dictionary.com]]. "Funnest"; [[#Oxford|Oxford English Dictionary]]. "Fun" [[#Scrabble|Scrabble Word Finder]]. "Funnest"; [[#AllWords|AllWords.com]]. "Funnest"; [[#Lexicus|Lexicus]]. "Funnest".</ref><ref>[[#Dictionary.com|Dictionary.com]]. "Impactful"; [[#Oxford|Oxford English Dictionary]]. "Impactful"; [[#Scrabble|Scrabble Word Finder]]. "Impactful"; [[#Collins|Collins Dictionaries]]. "Impactful"; [[#Lexicus|Lexicus]]. "Impactful".</ref><ref>[[#FreeDictionary|Free Dictionary]]. "Mentee"; [[#Dictionary.com|Dictionary.com]]. "Mentee"; [[#Oxford|Oxford English Dictionary]]. "Mentee"; [[#YourDictionary|YourDictionary.com]]. "Mentee"; [[#Scrabble|Scrabble Word Finder]]. "Mentee"; [[#AllWords|AllWords.com]]. "Mentee"; [[#Vocabulary.com|Vocabulary.com]]. "Mentee"; [[#Collins|Collins Dictionaries]]. "Mentee"; [[#Lexicus|Lexicus]]. "Mentee".</ref><ref>[[#FreeDictionary|Free Dictionary]]. "Thusly"; [[#Dictionary.com|Dictionary.com]]. "Thusly"; [[#Oxford|Oxford English Dictionary]]. "Thusly"; [[#YourDictionary|YourDictionary.com]]. "Thusly"; [[#Scrabble|Scrabble Word Finder]]. "Thusly"; [[#AllWords|AllWords.com]]. "Thusly"; [[#Vocabulary.com|Vocabulary.com]]. "Thusly"; [[#Collins|Collins Dictionaries]]. "Thusly"; [[#Lexicus|Lexicus]]. "Thusly".</ref>
'''Misconception:''' ''"Inflammable" means something that cannot burn.'' " 'Flammable' and 'inflammable' both mean 'easy to catch on fire', but so many people misunderstand the latter term that it's better to stick with 'flammable' in safety warnings", says Brians.<ref>[[#Bri09|Brians 2009]]. p. 124.</ref>
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