A native English speaker wrote in her book that the word "scold" is old-fashioned and not used in a situation, for example, where a child has caused some trouble at school." According to the writer, the child would say, "I got in trouble at school today" rather than "I was scolded at school today."
If this is correct, why do we often see newspaper articles in which the word "scold" is used as in the following excerpts. Is there any difference in meaning or nuance in the usage of the word?
- Trump scolded the media ...
- Tom Price resigned ... after being publicly scolded by Mr. Trump...