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Is it broken? Also, language is an evolving tool that we all co-own. If you want to see a change, modify how you write. People do this all the time. If it’s a
by chasing 4y ago
Is it broken?
Also, language is an evolving tool that we all co-own. If you want to see a change, modify how you write. People do this all the time. If it’s a good idea, maybe it’ll catch on.
- fknorangesite 4y ago> Is it broken? Exactly: the the answer is an emphatic "No." There is nothing to be fixed; to imagine that there is some sort of Platonic Ideal English is absurd on its face - and in even asking the question of quote-unquote fixing it, you can really see the HN-stereotype penchant for a clear set of rules showing through. Linguistics moved past this a hundred damned years ago. Natural languages are not programming languages. There is no such thing as "correct"; as with any language, there is only such thing as the many-varied ways in which native speakers speak.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoEven if "correct" isn't a valid term, we can care about consistency and ease of learning.
- lucb1e 4y agoI think you're forgetting about the other natural-not-programming languages that have a writing system that corresponds to the spoken language.
- lucb1e 4y agoIt makes it significantly harder to learn. Whether you find that a benefit to keep others out or a thing to fix, is up to the beholder.