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Hear, hear! Although I'm a curmudgeon at heart, I'm trying to help my children internalize the fact that "correct" language evolves. Learn the right meaning, s
by kbutler 7y ago
Hear, hear!
Although I'm a curmudgeon at heart, I'm trying to help my children internalize the fact that "correct" language evolves. Learn the right meaning, syntax, pronunciation, and idioms so you don't sound uneducated, but realize that people may differ in their perception of "correct" or acceptable.
"Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." (Comma-splice noted)
- CharlesW 7y agoI just had a similar conversation with my daughter about the entomology of a word that you would never use today, but was in relatively common use when I was a kid. It's kind of amazing how (living) languages mutate.