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minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoDon’t be a grammar cop. You can do better, so can Seattle. Less needless “corrections” that add nothing to conversations. More engaging in conversation Less being a stickler for no good reason. More being chill for once Less grammar cops Better communities
minus-squareRug_Pisser@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoFewer people who care how language works. More people who can’t speak their own language.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoLess people enforce arbitrary outdated “rules” More people let language evolve like the living thing it is Less people care about prescriptivism outside of formal contexts More the language reflects reality rather than being left to stagnate and die
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThank you. Personal pointless pet peeve.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou need to get hobbies IMO
*fewer
Don’t be a grammar cop.
You can do better, so can Seattle.
Less needless “corrections” that add nothing to conversations. More engaging in conversation
Less being a stickler for no good reason. More being chill for once
Less grammar cops Better communities
Fewer people who care how language works.
More people who can’t speak their own language.
Less people enforce arbitrary outdated “rules”
More people let language evolve like the living thing it is
Less people care about prescriptivism outside of formal contexts
More the language reflects reality rather than being left to stagnate and die
Thank you. Personal pointless pet peeve.
You need to get hobbies IMO