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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by Aerbil313 on Sunday May 07, 2023 @05:05AM (#35849434)
I didn’t mean that. I meant evolution of language is not subject to any person’s desires or will.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by cryptonector on Sunday May 07, 2023 @09:19PM (#35857121)
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.
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