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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

i'd say the bigger issue with prescriptivists is that they don't think the rules of language are allowed to change, nor are you allowed to violate the rules.

Everyone must speak exactly the same language, dialects are verboten and so is change.