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this is called linguistic prescriptivism and its wrong
by nategri 9y ago
this is called linguistic prescriptivism and its wrong
- vinceguidry 9y agoCalling out linguistic prescriptivism is almost as bad a social faux pas as the linguistic prescriptivism itself.
- homonculus1 9y agoIMO it's far more misguided. We can push for precise and efficient language, or we can shrug our shoulders and let the lowest common denominator strip out all nuance.
- vinceguidry 9y agoI was cured of that particular delusion when I realized that language has literally always been attacked since the day it was created.