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minus-squarelemillionsocks@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51arrow-down1·10 months agoI find people who actually study language are more tolerant toward different pronunciations and informal speech and colloquialisms and less likely to be grammar nazis.
minus-squareSuiXi3D@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·10 months agoProbably because they understand that all language is made up and they all change constantly. There’s no hard and fast rules.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·10 months agoLanguage science/grammar/etc are all just observations of a natural phenomena, they are not laws to dictate.
minus-squareFirestorm Druid@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSee description vs prescription for anyone interested
I find people who actually study language are more tolerant toward different pronunciations and informal speech and colloquialisms and less likely to be grammar nazis.
Probably because they understand that all language is made up and they all change constantly. There’s no hard and fast rules.
Language science/grammar/etc are all just observations of a natural phenomena, they are not laws to dictate.
See description vs prescription for anyone interested