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minus-square@lemillionsocks@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish48•1 year 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-squareSuiXi3Dlinkfedilink23•1 year agoProbably because they understand that all language is made up and they all change constantly. There’s no hard and fast rules.
minus-square@bdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoLanguage science/grammar/etc are all just observations of a natural phenomena, they are not laws to dictate.
minus-squareFirestorm DruidlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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