Ka taƙaita labarin:  Amma sabon littafin Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage yana adawa da wasu daga cikin raunana na harshen Ingilishi a yau. Kada ku ce 'kamar', ku guji kalmar 'ban mamaki' kuma kada ku taɓa sauke aitches ɗinku - sabon fitowar babban jagorar yaren Ingilishi an sake duba shi don ƙarni na 21. Sabuwar littafin Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage ya fito, kuma an sake duba shi don ya dauki yakin harshe na zamani. Mai tattarawa Jeremy Butterfield ya saka wasu ra'ayoyi masu ƙarfi a cikin ƙamus - yana cewa mutanen da suke amfani da kalmar 'kamar' sun cancanci fuskantar tashin hankali na zahiri. Har ila yau, yana da haɗarin zarge-zarge na snobbery, ta hanyar rubuta cewa duk wanda ya ce 'haitch' maimakon 'aitch' ya bayyana 'unspeakably uncouth' ga tsofaffi. Amma sabon Fowler's yana yin wasu abubuwan da suka dace da duniyar zamani - masu gargajiya na iya zama fushi don gano cewa littafin ya yarda da amfani da duniya 'a zahiri' don nufin 'a alamance'. An fara buga ƙamus na Fowler a shekara ta 1926, wanda masanin ƙamus H.W. Fowler ya rubuta, kuma ya zama sananne a matsayin tabbataccen jagora ga abin da ya dace da abin da ba a yarda da shi ba a cikin harshen Turanci. Koyaya, a cikin shekarun da suka gabata littafin ya fita daga zamani, yayin da yanayin zamani ya yi adawa da ra'ayoyin 'daidai' da 'kuskuren' amfani da harshe. Sabon littafin Mista Butterfield, wanda Oxford University Press ta buga a makon da ya gabata, yana kokarin sake kafa martabar jagorar Fowler. Daga cikin kalmomin da ya ce ya kamata a haramta su ne 'kalubalanci', 'ban mamaki' da 'batun', saboda duk sun zama clichés, a cewar The Times. Ya kuma haramta amfani da kalmar 'acutely' lokacin da aka haɗa da 'trendy' ko 'hip', yana cewa ya kamata a ajiye shi don yanayin da wani yake jin zafi. Hakanan, ya nace cewa kalmar'marasa aure' ya kamata ta zama'mai iya yin aure', ba'mai jan hankali ba' kamar yadda ake amfani da shi sau da yawa a yau. Amma ya ajiye mafi yawan fushinsa ga kalmar 'kamar', wanda matasa ke amfani da shi don yin amfani da kalmomin su...
Jeremy Butterfield ya rubuta sabon littafin Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage. Ya yi tir da yawan amfani da kalmomi kamar 'kalubalanci' da 'ban mamaki' Ya ce duk wanda ya ce'kamar'ya cancanci a yi masa mugunta. Marubucin ya kuma nuna cewa faduwar aiches alama ce ta rashin mutunci.