Lord Gower's claim from 'New Verbs' in the chapter 'Vocabulary' of The ABC Of Plain Words (1951)
.. popular opinion, which decides these questions in the long run, generally with good sense.
is contradicted by his own book. If the community generally displayed good sense in its use of language, then there would be no need for such books as the ABC of Plain Words, which are published to repair the lack of good sense demonstrated by popular use of language.