Re:Mac Plus made of legos at 1:1 scale
by Svip on Sunday April 18, 2021 @03:39PM
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Considering there is English grammar authority either, I guess you can never be violating English grammar rules? You are merely in conflict with some of the English dictionaries out there. So even if the scale is different, it's sort of the same.
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Yes, and I find this argument quite tiresome (mainly due to its frequency) on English.SE - Google ngrams are really interesting, but it's not all I'm interested in. If something's a modern 'corruption' (by whoever considers it such) then all an ngram's going to show you is yes (or no) it has (resp. not) been corrupted.
Imagine if English (Language) teachers took the same stance. A+ everyone, if that's how you say it, you're correct, there is no wrong.
(And then is ESL different? Seems like racism is the effective conclusion!)