Okay, that's interesting. It seems that having two distinct words was an example of pointless complexity for the modern reader, and compressing them into one simplifies things for everyone. This reminds me of the fate of "literally", which has come to mean (a) literally, and (b) figuratively. Overall, a great simplification.
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Okay, that's interesting. It seems that having two distinct words was an example of pointless complexity for the modern reader, and compressing them into one simplifies things for everyone. This reminds me of the fate of "literally", which has come to mean (a) literally, and (b) figuratively. Overall, a great simplification.
http://www.salon.com/2013/08/22/according_to_the_dictionary_...
I would never have considered an English (in a geographic sense) journal of any kind to use the spelling vise in this context.
Regards the other point if anything I would have said that was one of the worst "evolutions" of our language in recent times.