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<p>The <b>usage</b> of a <a href="page.php?w=language">language</a> or <a href="page.php?w=Variety_%28linguistics%29">language variety</a> is the way in which its <a href="page.php?w=written_language">written</a> and <a href="page.php?w=spoken_language">spoken</a> variations are routinely employed by its speakers; that is, it refers to "the collective habits of a language's native speakers", as opposed to idealized models of how a language works (or should work) in the abstract. For instance, <a href="page.php?w=A_Dictionary_of_Modern_English_Usage">Fowler</a></p><p>
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