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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

Not all change of language is good.

Read 1984 again if forgot why.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Ah, you mean the book about a prescriptivist policy of grammar coming top-down from government, that one?

    And how the way that people rebelled was intentionally misuse of the rules in a "you didn't say I couldn't use it this way!", a form of descriptivism

    Read 1984, if forget why

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