Talk:accurate

Usage notes

I find the usage notes to be questionable. One sentence says:

"We speak of a thing as accurate with reference to the care bestowed upon its execution, and the increased correctness to be expected therefrom; as, an accurate statement, an accurate detail of particulars."

I don't believe the accuracy of a thing has any direct connection to the care taken. Someone indifferent with a carefree attitude can nonetheless provide accurate information. One of the sentences describes the word correct, which does not even appear in the definition. I believe they have been copied from elsewhere and integrated with links, etc. with little thought given to their relevance. CrisH7 (talk) 13:39, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

Those usage notes were copied from Webster's 1907 International Dictionary of the English Language, and have been present here since the page's creation in 2002. Vuccala (talk) 23:05, 8 June 2024 (UTC)