• supersquirrel@sopuli.xyzOP
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    8 hours ago

    Language is a wave, not a set of laws. There is no static thing you can identify as a law within a language, only a summary of how a language tends to be expressed by its speakers at any given moment.

    • AlexLost@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      I was talking about form, not laws. I was talking about the past, when you were expected to pronounce and spell words “correctly” and their usage mattered. It was a long time ago. If you don’t think that’s true, well I can’t help you. This is “expected” vs. reality. People raised in “proper” environments can attest to that, and there was punishment for dissention, so call it what you will. Used to be a time the president of the USA had to be literate and not a buffoon, but here we are.