#descriptivism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #descriptivism, aggregated by home.social.
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Concerning #grammar & #spelling, I no longer adhere to #prescriptivism as I once did. #Descriptivism dovetails far better with my acquired understanding of language as a living, growing, metamorphosing creature that *will not* be contained or constrained by any rules we humans try to place upon it.
However.
Choices such as
orientate
conversate
nucular
alot
realitor
michievious
definatly
apart ofwill never fail to make me wither away a little on the inside.
Sorry, y'all. 😆🖖
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Concerning #grammar & #spelling, I no longer adhere to #prescriptivism as I once did. #Descriptivism dovetails far better with my acquired understanding of language as a living, growing, metamorphosing creature that *will not* be contained or constrained by any rules we humans try to place upon it.
However.
Choices such as
orientate
conversate
nucular
alot
realitor
michievious
definatly
apart ofwill never fail to make me wither away a little on the inside.
Sorry, y'all. 😆🖖
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There's this awesome talk by Ed Cormany given to #WriteTheDocs this year that I absolutely would recommend to anyone remotely interested in #Linguistics and #TechnicalWriting. It is very easy to understand the presented concepts.
It's called "The Descriptivist Manifesto" (Youtube link / Invidious link).
He talks about how we should approach rules and patterns in our writing from a #descriptivism point of view, demonstrating how this data-driven approach can be useful. Even the Q&A at the end is just as worth watching.
Probably the biggest takeaway being that we should write about tech the way we talk about tech.
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@RufusJCooter Also, Hemingway would shoot both of us right now with his big Bose double-barreled shotgun.#realism #descriptivism
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@RufusJCooter Also, Hemingway would shoot both of us right now with his big Bose double-barreled shotgun.#realism #descriptivism
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Blogs are so unfashionable now that it's a pleasant surprise when new comments appear on old posts, like this one on the troublesome phrase "beg the question"
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/raising-the-question-of-beg-the-question/#language #phrases #etymology #idioms #blogging #descriptivism
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Blogs are so unfashionable now that it's a pleasant surprise when new comments appear on old posts, like this one on the troublesome phrase "beg the question"
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/raising-the-question-of-beg-the-question/#language #phrases #etymology #idioms #blogging #descriptivism
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Don't never tell nobody not to use no double negatives
On the blog: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/dont-never-tell-nobody-not-to-use-no-double-negatives/
#language #linguistics #grammar #blog #sociolinguistics #writing #speech #dialect #syntax #descriptivism #amwriting
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Don't never tell nobody not to use no double negatives
On the blog: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/dont-never-tell-nobody-not-to-use-no-double-negatives/
#language #linguistics #grammar #blog #sociolinguistics #writing #speech #dialect #syntax #descriptivism #amwriting
