• MonkRome@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist. Descriptivist is, language gets defined by its users rather than rules. As soon as you set a rule, you’re a prescriptivist.

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        20 hours ago

        Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist

        Yes, and saying people should say things so that other people understand them isn’t. I’m saying people should say thing so that other people understand them.