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umanwizardlast Sunday at 11:12 PM1 replyview on HN

Sorry, but you are completely misunderstanding what “descriptivism” means, why it’s the viewpoint taken in serious linguistics, and how common it is there (i.e. absolutely 100% universal among everyone who studies language scientifically).


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quotemstrlast Monday at 10:15 AM

> absolutely 100% universal among everyone who studies language scientifically

They are all wrong.

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