Stan Carey · @stancarey
1046 followers · 647 posts · Server mastodon.ie
Blogs are so unfashionable now that it's a pleasant surprise when new comments appear on old posts, like this one on the troublesome phrase "beg the question"
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/raising-the-question-of-beg-the-question/
#language #phrases #etymology #idioms #blogging #descriptivism
#language #phrases #etymology #idioms #blogging #descriptivism
Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1480 followers · 4257 posts · Server mastodon.scot#JeffreyKaplan - An Explanation of the #Normative-#Descriptive Distinction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X6R8ze7O0I&ab_channel=JeffreyKaplan
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfEthics #Ethics #MoralPhilosophy #Morality #Normativism #Descriptivism
#descriptivism #normativism #morality #moralphilosophy #ethics #philosophyofethics #philosophy #descriptive #normative #jeffreykaplan
Stan Carey · @stancarey
975 followers · 496 posts · Server mastodon.ieDon't never tell nobody not to use no double negatives
On the blog: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/dont-never-tell-nobody-not-to-use-no-double-negatives/
#language #linguistics #grammar #blog #sociolinguistics #writing #speech #dialect #syntax #descriptivism #amwriting
#language #linguistics #grammar #blog #sociolinguistics #writing #speech #dialect #syntax #descriptivism #amwriting
Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
44 followers · 254 posts · Server mas.toFind me a case of someone saying "fewer" followed by an uncountable noun: On the "rule" about "fewer" and "less". #111Words #Grammar #Descriptivism #Prescriptivism #FewerLess https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2022/12/find-me-case-of-someone-saying-fewer.html
#fewerless #prescriptivism #descriptivism #grammar #111words
freya w · @freya
297 followers · 153 posts · Server tech.lgbtPSA "paragraph" is now also spelled "parapgraph" having mistyped it that way >100 times in the past few weeks #descriptivism
Joe · @joe
56 followers · 26 posts · Server signs.codesBecause hashtags:
( #introductions part 2 )
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M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
235 followers · 14262 posts · Server mamot.fr
@clacke @wim_v12e
Quoth Wikipedia "Tolkien pronounced his surname /ˈtɒlkiːn/." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#cite_note-3
That's the same, I think, as what the fellow says here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ude6DjblXe0
The first video I saw was ten Americans pronouncing the name in a few different ways. Utterly useless #descriptivism .
#pronunciation #jrrtolkien #descriptivism
M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
235 followers · 14262 posts · Server mamot.fr@grammargirl That language changes is of course true, and it is also true that changes in language occur for a reason. Given those premises, are all changes in a language good? Perhaps one shouldn't even try to judge.
#descriptivism #prescriptivism