Pyrin to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-square37fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?Pyrin to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@intelisense@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•3 months agoI think you have this back to front. The grammar rules were written long after the language was spoken. Their purpose is to describe how language is actually used. Language evolves, though, so grammar must evolve too.
minus-squareTedeschelinkfedilinkEnglish-2•3 months agoI think you and many other people in this thread have this ass to mouth and don’t know which end is which.
I think you have this back to front. The grammar rules were written long after the language was spoken. Their purpose is to describe how language is actually used. Language evolves, though, so grammar must evolve too.
I think you and many other people in this thread have this ass to mouth and don’t know which end is which.