Something that’s not super controversial, but you still really stand by it.

  • junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 days ago

    A great realization that I had was that many of my language pet peeves were really preferences and not hard and fast rules. Language constantly evolves, regardless of how any one person feels. Clinging to my pet peeves was really just a form of elitism.

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      10 days ago

      Grammar is descriptive, not prescriptive. <- The fancy way to say what you said. :-)