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A comment on The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism. Parent comment
Pinker makes some persuasive arguments for abandoning to some degree such rigid interpretation of grammatical rules, where usage has evolved.
We would do well to abandon such sniping and focus on the meat of what an author is saying, so long as the meaning they convey is clear.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style
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Pinker makes some persuasive arguments for abandoning to some degree such rigid interpretation of grammatical rules, where usage has evolved.
We would do well to abandon such sniping and focus on the meat of what an author is saying, so long as the meaning they convey is clear.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sense_of_Style