distantsounds@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agoi really hate telecommunications companieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down151
arrow-up1494arrow-down1imagei really hate telecommunications companieslemmy.worlddistantsounds@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-217 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·17 days agoI’m pretty sure what makes language rules valid is whatever social acceptance of those rules is.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-217 days agoMany grammatical rules exist to clarify meaning and changing them loses precision of language, but regardless, no one ever actually accepted that rule but stuffy wannabes who weren’t even good at the thing they were being stuffy about.
I’m pretty sure what makes language rules valid is whatever social acceptance of those rules is.
Many grammatical rules exist to clarify meaning and changing them loses precision of language, but regardless, no one ever actually accepted that rule but stuffy wannabes who weren’t even good at the thing they were being stuffy about.