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[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

I think you need to do some more research. Nothing I said was prescriptivist.

[-] MonkRome@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist. Descriptivist is, language gets defined by its users rather than rules. As soon as you set a rule, you're a prescriptivist.

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist

Yes, and saying people should say things so that other people understand them isn't. I'm saying people should say thing so that other people understand them.

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