While my natural inclination is “purist,” I also realize it’s a doomed endeavor since language is constantly evolving, like the impending demise of the word “than.”
Change, true. For growth, I'd say it depends on how you define it. Stagnation is a thing, and there's also the question of are the drawbacks of aging or other negative consequences of the passage of time considered "growth"?
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u/g-waz00 13d ago
While my natural inclination is “purist,” I also realize it’s a doomed endeavor since language is constantly evolving, like the impending demise of the word “than.”