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What does Archetypal criticism means?

I read an article in which the author claims a book was written in "excoriated English." "Excoriate" means to flay, or harshly give criticism. As it modified "English", it appears to imply "gramatically incorrect" or poorly written. Is this correct usage?

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    The delicious thing about English, or any language, is that you can change the meanings of words by their contexts and forge new usages. Even if excoriate had never before been used in this way, the sentence would still be considered correct.

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In that context, yes.

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I wouldn't be sure the author meant "grammatically incorrect" or "poorly written" unless I saw both the article and the book it concerned. I frankly don't know what the author meant by "excoriated English." I've read the word "excoriated" in hundreds of contexts, and in the context you mention the word "excoriated" doesn't convey clear meaning. So I'd say: No; this is not correct usage. (There's no problem with the grammar of it - it's a usage and definition question.)

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