I think language usage shouldn't be overanalyzed
In the end, language is just bunch of highly advanced grunts and barks. Squeals too, if your mom is involved. So vernacular should be embraced, because it gets the point across fine. That's why I hate it when people point out slight "mistakes," when in fact they know perfectly well what I was talking about even if my usage was contradictory.
But all of a sudden, I realize that I could care less what you think of my language.
(, Wed 1 Oct 2008, 20:24, Reply)
I very much agree.
However; when people use a phrase, when they are patently intending a certain inference and it is wrong, then they deserve correction.
That is where you are wrong. Communication is a collection of common grunts and barks. But a language is a set way of using them.
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