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I think it works both ways?
by WiggleGuy 4y ago
I think it works both ways?
- kadoban 4y agoNot really, no. It is clearly wrong, most people wouldn't notice though. It's about the same level of wrongness as "alot".
- Karellen 4y ago> It is clearly wrong, most people wouldn't notice though. That seems like a contradiction. If it were clearly wrong, most people would notice. The fact that they don't surely implies that it isn't very clear.
- kadoban 4y agoThe rule here isn't ambiguous, that's the sense of "clearly" I intended.
- Beltalowda 4y agoIf people don't notice it's "wrong" then it's correct. Language is defined by its speakers, not language pedantics, and always changes and evolves.
- kadoban 4y ago_Most_ people don't notice. There still are rules especially for grammar. It's not something I would bring up in a forum, absent context or someone asking about it, but I'd definitely correct it in formal writing.
- Beltalowda 4y agoI'd say there are expectations, rather than rules. If you know your audience is likely to care about these sort of things then it's indeed a good idea to correct them, and it's usually best to be conservative in formal writing. But that doesn't really mean there are "rules" which cover any and all usage of the English language. Joining words to one compound word is pretty much the example of language evolution.
- samatman 4y agoAlot is in the process of joining along and around. No big deal.
- KingOfCoders 4y agoI'm wrong alot.