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When prescriptivism is balking at usages that have been continuously in effect for four centuries, the problem is not with the usage. The prescriptivism you're
by antonvs 1y ago
When prescriptivism is balking at usages that have been continuously in effect for four centuries, the problem is not with the usage. The prescriptivism you're using is suspect.
- llbbdd 1y agoPrescriptivism is silly anyway, you'd be better off counting sand.
- nyeah 1y agoYeah. Prescriptivism may have a worthwhile role to play. But it needs to be a lot more thought out than "what some authority wrote 75 years ago".
- NuclearPM 1y agoPrescriptivism is good. I could care less.
- antonvs 1y agoHaha I love it. Yiddish constructions ftw.