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[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I find people who actually study language are more tolerant toward different pronunciations and informal speech and colloquialisms and less likely to be grammar nazis.

[–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably because they understand that all language is made up and they all change constantly. There’s no hard and fast rules.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Language science/grammar/etc are all just observations of a natural phenomena, they are not laws to dictate.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

See description vs prescription for anyone interested