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dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

We don’t have to be silly with descriptivism either. Of course languages evolve over time, but speakers also make mistakes that should still be corrected to keep language cohesive. It’s the difference between change in body shape from evolution, and an isolated growth that probably shouldn’t exist. We use a different word for that second one: cancer.

You gotta have both IMO. Not too rigid, not too flexible.

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