I think this has been said before, but…
Language evolves. Get over it.
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Unfortunately, the language is doing the exact opposite (devolve?). Look at most message boards these days. The language is being butchered! If you take belladonna’s example of “loose” and “lose”, that’s not language evolving, my friend, that’s a mass-murduring of the language.
I hate to say it, but I sometimes judge the content of the posts I read if it looks like it was written by a 12-year-old on mtv.com.
And like belladonna said here:
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Again, this is NOT the evolution of the language.
it all sounds like nonsence too me
I’m sure this has come up before, but…
Yes, language evolves over time. However, at any given point in time, a language has a set of rules. Those rules can be determined (by observation) and then applied to any given utterance to determine whether or not it is well-formed - or, in more conventional terms, grammatically correct. So, “language evolves” is not some magic phrase which, once uttered, absolves you from any crimes against syntax which you may commit.
Besides, although “language evolves”, it doesn’t necessarily evolve in a direction which will retrospectively validate your errors. If you make common mistakes in spelling or grammar, you may, to be sure, be speaking the English of the Future. On the other hand, it is at least as likely that you’re just making mistakes.
You know what really bugs me about this sentence? I understood it! Gah!
And, bella, I’ve got your back!
Then what would you call what Americans do with the constitution, and the British with their right to not be thrown in jail/goal for safely and sensibly crossing the road at 89 degrees to the curb, or not lying about belief ion God every morning?
(Yes, I agree with all the rants above)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=disocunt , "satandard
I’ve opened a competition thread in IMHO - find the most prolific misspelling - here if anyone is interested…