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That's kosher Writing has no laws, only rules meant to be broken English is also a descriptivist language, rather than prescriptivist. ie English has no spec,
by __s 5y ago
That's kosher
Writing has no laws, only rules meant to be broken
English is also a descriptivist language, rather than prescriptivist. ie English has no spec, unlike French (tho you then have French as it is spoken & French as it is specified). As much as Oxford might want to reign it in, they are only cataloging what the collective spews
Examples of miniscule starts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/of_Montreal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/of_Montreal where the band's name is always "of Montreal"
- msla 5y ago> (tho you then have French as it is spoken & French as it is specified) Which means French has no spec, either, merely people trying to create a specification and failing.
- tsimionescu 5y ago>(tho you then have French as it is spoken & French as it is specified) You missed an excellent chance to say 'French as she is spoke' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke