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Shouldn't have* That's one of my least favourite errors
by panxyh 2y ago
Shouldn't have*
That's one of my least favourite errors
- pentaphobe 2y agoAs a (barely) recovery grammar festidian I highly recommend checking out this video by Dr Geoff Lindsey [1] TLDW: some fascinating realignment of perspective from a linguist about such things [^2], and the - frankly moderately mind-blowing - revelation that despite caring about language I've been gleefully pronouncing "covert" 'wrong' my whole life (and will likely continue to do so) [1]: https://youtu.be/I6duEGj04Mg https://youtu.be/I6duEGj04Mg [^2]: edit for clarity: such things being the concept of "normal forms" or rules in language.
- pentaphobe 2y agoAs an aside: despite caring about "correct" use of language I've always been willing to frivolously split infinitives - it's against the rules, but I think quite an effective evolution of language Good to have linguists around reminding us to boldly go explore :)
- freitasm 2y agoSo true.
- rob74 2y agoLooks like the author noticed and changed the title to "Direnv - and reinventing the wheel with envloader". Going by the TLD I initially thought that he's from Germany, but no, "de" are just the last two letters of his surname...
- panxyh 2y agoI think that these types of errors are made mainly by native English speakers, as they learn and practice their language mostly 'by ear', without having to think much about the logic behind it. And this is as much a logical error as grammatical one.