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cratermoon 5 days ago

The linguistic prescriptivist in in me cringes at "try and", but I recognize usage has moved on.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/were-going-to-explai...

antonvs 5 days ago | parent [-]

When prescriptivism is balking at usages that have been continuously in effect for four centuries, the problem is not with the usage. The prescriptivism you're using is suspect.

NuclearPM 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Prescriptivism is good. I could care less.

llbbdd 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Prescriptivism is silly anyway, you'd be better off counting sand.

nyeah 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah. Prescriptivism may have a worthwhile role to play. But it needs to be a lot more thought out than "what some authority wrote 75 years ago".