How much do we bend to the will of our tools?

Re:How much do we bend to the will of our tools? by silicon2401 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:06PM (#22238010)

The closest I can think of (not a linguist) is hypercorrection, which is essentially 'correcting' what's already correct, and ending up with something that wouldn't previously be considered correct. But language correctness is defined by speakers, so eventually hypercorrection could eventually become the new standard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection

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Re:How much do we bend to the will of our tools? by caleb-allen on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:05PM (#22238808)

Is the use of the word "literally" an example of this?

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Re:How much do we bend to the will of our tools? by silicon2401 on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:59AM (#22256410)

I would say no. "Literally" has been used in a non-literal sense for centuries. https://www.etymonline.com/word/literally#etymonline_v_30161

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