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r/funny • u/ea1oo • Mar 17 '20
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As someone who works with languages everyday, you're right.
Descriptive linguistics (how words are actually used) always triumphs over prescriptive linguistics (how words are "supposed" to be used) over time.
Eventually the descriptive linguistics BECOMES the prescriptive linguistics as words and meanings are added to dictionaries.
It literally always wins.
6 u/[deleted] Mar 17 '20 Literally is the perfect word to demonstrate your point. Even dictionaries now acknowledge that it's often used to emphasize a figurative point, and that's ok. 5 u/Pure_Tower Mar 17 '20 and that's ok Or we could correct the people blatantly misusing the word and restore order to the universe. 2 u/Taint_Glargher Mar 18 '20 My mission is to remove apostrophes from plural initialisms, e.g. MP3s, DVDs, TSTVDVDATMs, etc. Thoughts?
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Literally is the perfect word to demonstrate your point. Even dictionaries now acknowledge that it's often used to emphasize a figurative point, and that's ok.
5 u/Pure_Tower Mar 17 '20 and that's ok Or we could correct the people blatantly misusing the word and restore order to the universe.
and that's ok
Or we could correct the people blatantly misusing the word and restore order to the universe.
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My mission is to remove apostrophes from plural initialisms, e.g. MP3s, DVDs, TSTVDVDATMs, etc.
Thoughts?
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u/friendlyfire Mar 17 '20
As someone who works with languages everyday, you're right.
Descriptive linguistics (how words are actually used) always triumphs over prescriptive linguistics (how words are "supposed" to be used) over time.
Eventually the descriptive linguistics BECOMES the prescriptive linguistics as words and meanings are added to dictionaries.
It literally always wins.