I would disagree, but I don’t want to make a whole thing of it. Suffice it to say, rhetoric is the applied science of language, and grammar is the methodology within which it is applied.
formal, structured grammar the way it's taught in school basically doesn't exist in real speech so grammar teachers, whether they're aware of it or not, are occupying an incredibly fragile position. The lie could collapse any moment, washing them away in a tide of descriptivist chaos.
I could care less if the language looses intended meanings over time. :very-intelligent:
Lol, one of my grammar teachers absolutely hated double negatives and “I could care less” among other things kids said at the time.
It was a good way to derail a lesson, the next 10 minutes we’re guaranteed to be here talking about why it doesn’t work.
That's more of a logic thing than grammar. Math teachers should be the one mad at you, not grammar teachers.
I would disagree, but I don’t want to make a whole thing of it. Suffice it to say, rhetoric is the applied science of language, and grammar is the methodology within which it is applied.
formal, structured grammar the way it's taught in school basically doesn't exist in real speech so grammar teachers, whether they're aware of it or not, are occupying an incredibly fragile position. The lie could collapse any moment, washing them away in a tide of descriptivist chaos.
Standardization of spelling is a conspiracy by Dictionary companies to sell more dictionaries.