@distantsounds@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-218 days agoi really hate telecommunications companieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1557
arrow-up1557imagei really hate telecommunications companieslemmy.world@distantsounds@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-218 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareSnot FlickermanlinkfedilinkEnglish1•18 days agoI’m pretty sure what makes language rules valid is whatever social acceptance of those rules is.
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilink6•edit-217 days agoMany grammatical rules exist to clarify meaning and changing them loses precision of language, but regardless, no one ever actually accepted that rule but stuffy wannabes who weren’t even good at the thing they were being stuffy about.
I’m pretty sure what makes language rules valid is whatever social acceptance of those rules is.
Many grammatical rules exist to clarify meaning and changing them loses precision of language, but regardless, no one ever actually accepted that rule but stuffy wannabes who weren’t even good at the thing they were being stuffy about.