@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 4 months agoLinguistic Perscriptivistsmander.xyzimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1758arrow-down132cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1726arrow-down1imageLinguistic Perscriptivistsmander.xyz@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoSee, I could understand you just find despite you writing “If course”, but if you try to say to me that is not a mistake simply because I could understand you, I cannot at all agree with your logic of what makes it the language “correct”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoI never said it makes the language “correct”, more that language is fluid and there’s no need to correct people Unless a typo or spelling mistake is so common it becomes widely used, it’s fair to say it’s just a mistake
See, I could understand you just find despite you writing “If course”, but if you try to say to me that is not a mistake simply because I could understand you, I cannot at all agree with your logic of what makes it the language “correct”.
I never said it makes the language “correct”, more that language is fluid and there’s no need to correct people
Unless a typo or spelling mistake is so common it becomes widely used, it’s fair to say it’s just a mistake