• DahGangalang
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    11 days ago

    See, my knee jerk reaction is to say this is an attempt to impose The King’s English on people.

    That is to say that there is one and only one correct manner of speech and deviations - or dare I suggest the existence of barbarous “slang” - are not to be tolerated.

    Yes, you should care about the communication and about making it high quality, but the goal is clarity of message; not some strict adherence to a mostly arbitrary rule book.

    I like the word “alot” and I tend to use it alot. I think you would be hard pressed to find someone who was confused by my meaning I say it/write it.

    As for “Thena gin”…yeah, not an honest example…

    • BenLeMan@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Yes, I exaggerated my example to make a point. I guess we value different things. I favor clarity, you favor freedom. Fine by me.