@phaedrux_pharo to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonmessage-square309arrow-up12.59Karrow-down1153
arrow-up12.44Karrow-down1message-squareI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" button@phaedrux_pharo to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square309
minus-square@aidanlink0•1 year agoBecause language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThis is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
minus-square@aidanlink1•1 year agoYeah. It is about why Americans say it- so it is relevant to American history?
Because language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
This is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
The target understands it, therefore it is correct language
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the argument is about america??
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Yeah. It is about why Americans say it- so it is relevant to American history?
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Why does it matter if the target audience understands it?
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Yeah and they’re right
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Webster wouldn’t have cared
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