phaedrux_pharo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonmessage-squaremessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up11.65Karrow-down193
arrow-up11.55Karrow-down1message-squareI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonphaedrux_pharo@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square223fedilink
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoBecause language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThis is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
minus-squareSpliffman1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoUsing America in your argument has nullified it in my mind🤣
Because language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
This is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
Using America in your argument has nullified it in my mind🤣