distantsounds@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-218 days agoi really hate telecommunications companieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1545arrow-down151
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minus-squareletsgo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down5·18 days agoAlso misspelt “even”, and ended a sentence with a preposition.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·18 days agoI’m pretty sure what makes language rules valid is whatever social acceptance of those rules is.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvernlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-217 days agoMany grammatical rules exist to clarify meaning and changing them loses precision of language, but regardless, no one ever actually accepted that rule but stuffy wannabes who weren’t even good at the thing they were being stuffy about.
minus-squarekboy101222@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 days agoEnding sentences with prepositions is fine. Everyone does it. Language evolves. Move on.
“an representative”.
Also misspelt “even”, and ended a sentence with a preposition.
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I’m pretty sure what makes language rules valid is whatever social acceptance of those rules is.
Many grammatical rules exist to clarify meaning and changing them loses precision of language, but regardless, no one ever actually accepted that rule but stuffy wannabes who weren’t even good at the thing they were being stuffy about.
Ending sentences with prepositions is fine. Everyone does it. Language evolves. Move on.