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In principle prescriptivism is about slowing language evolution, but in practice almost all of the prescriptive rules that people talk about (including opposing
by canjobear 3y ago
In principle prescriptivism is about slowing language evolution, but in practice almost all of the prescriptive rules that people talk about (including opposing “comprised of”) are not based in any historical usage pattern. The prohibitions on ending a sentence with a preposition, “less” before a count noun, etc. are all made up out of thin air.
- cryptonector 3y ago> The prohibitions on ending a sentence with a preposition, “less” before a count noun, etc. are all made up out of thin air. Yes, as is not splitting infinitives. All nonsense. But "comprised of" is not nonsense. "Irregardless" is wrong". Etc. Not all prescriptions are nonsense.
- canjobear 3y agoThe usage dates to 1704.
- cryptonector 3y agoOf what?
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