"J. G. H.," Philadelphia, Pa.—"Is it permissible to use 'locate' for 'settle' ? A scholarly friend of mine asserts that 'locate' in this sense is a vulgarism bordering on a colloquialism."

In the sense suggested "locate is generally considered a colloquialism (not a vulgarism) in the United States. In England, however, it is recognized as an Americanism and is cited as such. Yet over there it has had the sanction of literary usage for more than a century, and has been used by such men as Richard Cumberland. the dramatist, Cardinal Newman, Francis Wright, and Charles Dickens. The word has been widely used in America by such authors as Harriet Martineau, Capt. Marryat, Thoreau, and Bret Harte.