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Re:Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy by bluedino on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @11:38AM (#10297069)
>> we developed an ear for the language and know how it should sound. And “old little lady” sounds off

Until you get into regional dialects and slang.

It only sounds off if you are accustomed to reading correct English. I do a lot of reading, and I think that is what developed my ear for phrases which are 'incorrect'.

I can't tell you what a participle or things like that are because I haven't been formally trained, but I can tell you which sentence from a list is the correct one.

I hear some people talk and I'll shake my head as I hear them slaughter the English language, but then I realize they probably don't do a lot of reading and didn't get far and school and that's just how their peers talk, as incorrect as it may be.

Re:Avoiding the Adjective Fallacy by mirceal on Tuesday September 29, 2015 @12:03PM (#10297249)
there is no correct or incorrect way of talking. slaughtering the English language? as long as both people understand, it does not really matter.

language is not something that's set in stone - it constantly changes. I would encourage you to be curios and try to learn something from others ways of speaking.

Something not matching your expectations / what is commonly seen as the 'right' way does not make it wrong.

IMHO judging people that don't read or didn't get far in school is plain wrong.