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by denton-scratch
1669 days ago
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I don't agree that contemporary usage defines the language. We have a canon of English literature reaching back centuries, and people use phrases from e.g. Shakespeare without eveen noticing they're doing it. I think it would be a shame if learning contemporary usage should fail to equip you to read Shakespeare. Descriptivism is all very well; but it doesn't seem to allow for any usage to be actually incorrect. |
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