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celebratedrecluse wrote

lower case :>

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zoom_zip OP wrote

free yourself from grammarian oppression

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celebratedrecluse wrote

descriptivists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chomsky, and little a world to gain!

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zoom_zip OP wrote

down with prescriptive definitions! let the people define the language; not the language define the people... or something like that anyway.

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yaaqov wrote

Say what you will about Chomsky, but generative linguistics is definitely descriptive...

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celebratedrecluse wrote

Perhaps I am confusing the two, sorry

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yaaqov wrote

Oh no worries at all, in fact in retrospect I feel that I acted quite curmudgeonly! So, sorry if that felt abrasive!

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celebratedrecluse wrote

ah, there is nothing wrong with being a little abrasive online from time to time. if it were, i would have to log off !

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