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umanwizard 6 days ago

There is no such thing as a “prescriptive language”. What would that mean?

No living language is only used according to the rules laid down by grammar teachers. The only languages that are are dead languages like Latin with zero native speakers.

Quekid5 5 days ago | parent [-]

I think you'll find I used a slightly different word.

> No living language is only used according to the rules laid down by grammar teachers. The only languages that are are dead languages like Latin with zero native speakers.

Well, quite.