Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by bsaul on Sunday May 07, 2023 @04:00AM
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langage is taught in schools and by parents.
It is 100% controlled by humans. you can't learn it by yourself as a baby.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by Aerbil313 on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:05AM
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I didn’t mean that. I meant evolution of language is not subject to any person’s desires or will.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by cryptonector on Sunday May 07, 2023 @09:19PM
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But you and I can -by our own choices- resist some evolutions of the language and foster others. We can be anywhere from pedantic prescriptivists to outrageously innovative and everything in between. Our children, relatives, friends, and colleagues can all take cues from our stewardship of the language -- and vice versa.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”
by cryptonector on Sunday May 07, 2023 @09:16PM
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> Do you really believe language is subject to intentional human control?
Some, yes. You speak roughly the same language(s) as your parents, friends, teachers, etc. Their influence on how you speak and write -especially when you were young- is quite large.
This is nonsense. Do you really believe language is subject to intentional human control?
(Of course if a dictator comes and kills half a million people for things including changing language like it happened in my country, then it is, but this is a very rare exception.)