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Pedantry over rules that do not actually reflect the way native speakers speak is bad.

• camillomiller 6y ago
  Studying grammar is studying the building blocks of what defines the way think about reality —- language. The article calls stickler anyone who’s interested in the intricacies of grammar. Multiple times.
  • uryga 6y ago
    > language defines the way we think about reality citation needed :)
    • camillomiller 6y ago
      Here it is. https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shape... :)
      • gkya 6y ago
        It's cute how you resolve (!) a debate that encompasses linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, neurology, and maybe a couple other sciences with a single link to some TED talk.
    • FabHK 6y ago
      That's basically the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, and it's been largely rejected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://www.amazon.com/Through-Language-Glass-Different-Languages/dp/0312610491/ https://www.amazon.com/Through-Language-Glass-Different-Lang...
      • euroderf 6y ago
        The strong form has been rejected. Not weaker forms.