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[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 months ago

Prescriptivists you mean. Descriptivists describe language phenomena as they are without passing judgment on their validity whereas prescriptivists have certain assumptions on what constitutes parts of the language to be valid and prescribe meaning to them

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

there's a joke here about me rejecting the notion of what prescriptivist and descriptivist mean

but yes, thanks, got some wires crossed there

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago

My comment was more so meant to prove to myself that I didn't mix anything up and still remember the definitions lol

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