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Author is a Brit, and so should be using British English. >So if you're a linguistic descriptivist Absolutely not.
by gadders 3y ago
Author is a Brit, and so should be using British English.
>So if you're a linguistic descriptivist
Absolutely not.
- richrichardsson 3y ago> Author is a Brit, and so should be using British English See point about, "this will have also spilled into UK usage". > So if you're a linguistic descriptivist > Absolutely not. This is a point where English lacks the distinction between a "singular you" and "collective you", I meant the 2nd interpretation, you (singular) took it at face value. To be fair, I do understand somewhat where you're coming from. I hate the "common" usage of "could care less" in US English. It literally doesn't mean what it's trying to convey. However, I'm slowly learning to care less about it!