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Re: Grammar/Vocabulary ???
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Originally Posted by BrianW
This just isn't true. Strict grammarians come and go, but languages live for centuries or millini... millenni... milen... thousands of years. The rules grammarians seek to enforce are only the rules for today, a snapshot of the language at a very specific point in time. Strictly adhering to today's rules doesn't preclude change in the future. It only standardizes today's rules so that a broader group of people can have access to effective communication.
That's a very good thing.
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Strictly adhering to a specific set of rules and a specific vocabulary inherently means you will stagnate. Once you change, you are no longer strictly adhering to the specific rules (and yes, I'm splitting hairs). My position is that the rules are useful and necessary in most applications, but they do not constitute a natural law or anything, and must therefore be flexible. We are not dealing with mathematics when we are talking about the rules of grammar. Unfortunately, many people think we are.
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Originally Posted by Bob McLaughlin
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Nice.
Lay down your law books now, they're no damned good -- The Eagles
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