@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" buttonmessage-square285fedilinkarrow-up12.14Karrow-down1121
arrow-up12.02Karrow-down1message-squareI'd rather have a "Would you like to hide all Sports related Content?" button than a "Would you like to hide all NSFW content?" button@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square285fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•2 years agoBecause language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThis is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoThe target understands it, therefore it is correct language
Because language evolves and isn’t prescriptivist. Especially in the US where a Founding Father wrote a dictionary to explicitly reject strict prescriptivism(it was still prescriptivist in ways but better than contemporaries).
This is not an example of evolution, this is just a widespread error.
The target understands it, therefore it is correct language