differences - "Use" vs. "usage"
When should one use usage instead of use? Examples?
Answer
I tend to agree with Peter Shor:
The word prevarication is not in common use.
But:
The word prevarication is not common usage.
(A sentence that presumably refers to some previous use of prevarication in a non-standard way.) Note how dropping the preposition changes the context of the phrase.
A question that can be asked is whether usage has any really useful use, other than for pedants.
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