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minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months agoFewer people who care how language works. More people who can’t speak their own language.
minus-squaregwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoLess people enforce arbitrary outdated “rules” More people let language evolve like the living thing it is Less people care about prescriptivism outside of formal contexts More the language reflects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
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Less people enforce arbitrary outdated “rules”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