Opinionhaver@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoYour way is now the right way. What is everyone doing wrong?message-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareYour way is now the right way. What is everyone doing wrong?Opinionhaver@feddit.uk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoDictionaries don’t say what’s right; they just say what’s popular. Example: say “process” out loud. Now say “protest”. If the first part doesn’t sound the same but each sounds normal, you’ve discovered something that is wrong but popular.
minus-squareSzyler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoPrescriptive dictionaries vs descriptive dictionaries. https://youtu.be/2qT8ZYewYEY
Dictionaries don’t say what’s right; they just say what’s popular.
Example: say “process” out loud. Now say “protest”. If the first part doesn’t sound the same but each sounds normal, you’ve discovered something that is wrong but popular.
Prescriptive dictionaries vs descriptive dictionaries.
https://youtu.be/2qT8ZYewYEY