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by latexr 458 days ago
Conversely, in the other languages I know I see it happening all the time. I don’t think frowning on it has to do with the language, but with the person. There are sticklers and SNOOTs¹ everywhere, even in English.

¹ http://www.jamesgerity.com/biblio/authority.pdf