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None of English is correct by that standard: it's a hodge-podge of a language with inconsistencies down to the root. Hence the prescriptivist grammarians of the
by _delirium 12y ago
None of English is correct by that standard: it's a hodge-podge of a language with inconsistencies down to the root. Hence the prescriptivist grammarians of the 19th century who tried to Latinize its grammar, reasoning that English might be improved by grafting a foreign but regular logical structure onto it. But they mainly succeeded in introducing further irregularities, throwing some Latinate bits into the mix.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago> it's a hodge-podge of a language with inconsistencies down to the root. We fix that one inconsistency at a time. This man is doing his part, despite all the naysayers. I don't really give a shit about things like split infinitives but if you've ever seen a person struggle with speaking on a subject without the vocabulary to do so, you know how much it cripples them. Grammar is the same way. Why do descriptivists think it's ok to force everyone to invent language on the spot when people are in dire need?
- maxerickson 12y agoIt's the other way around. Descriptivists think that you can't force people to not invent language on the spot. Rather, they think languages cannot be prevented from changing.