Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoThis Sentence Is Not A Rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1693
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minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoah prescriptive linguistics, never change.
minus-squarecharokol@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoThis isn’t prescriptive linguistics
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoif these linguists are surprised that people use language however they like then they sure as beans ain’t descriptive.
minus-squareRichardNixos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoi don’t think people are naturally speaking in Escher sentences.
minus-squarecharokol@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoNobody is surprised by anything. They’re describing a phenomenon that happens in language.
ah prescriptive linguistics, never change.
This isn’t prescriptive linguistics
if these linguists are surprised that people use language however they like then they sure as beans ain’t descriptive.
i don’t think people are naturally speaking in Escher sentences.
i mean if you say
Nobody is surprised by anything. They’re describing a phenomenon that happens in language.