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For the most part, I don't think these kinds of issues are caused by disagreements in linguistic philosophy. Most people are taught language in a way which enco

For the most part, I don't think these kinds of issues are caused by disagreements in linguistic philosophy. Most people are taught language in a way which encourages them to think in a prescriptivist way, and they simply never learn about descriptivism.

etfb 12y ago
And thence comes most of the really stupid arguments on Facebook that aren't about guns or Firefly. This is why I long to own a t-shirt bearing the words "Practising Peddant".