“English doesn’t “borrow” from other languages: it follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar and valuable vocabulary.”
Yeah who formalizes those? French has Academie Francaise which overlooks the language and defines “proper” French but last I checked English has no equivalent.
“formal rules of the English language” that’s rich.
“English doesn’t “borrow” from other languages: it follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar and valuable vocabulary.”
Yeah who formalizes those? French has Academie Francaise which overlooks the language and defines “proper” French but last I checked English has no equivalent.