Perhaps more accurately put, the "English language has no master." Many--perhaps most--European languages, do have prescriptivist masters. Spanish, French, Ger

Perhaps more accurately put, the "English language has no master." Many--perhaps most--European languages, do have prescriptivist masters. Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, and dozens more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_regulators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_language_regulators