[ SECRET POST #6351 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6351 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

"Third, and perhaps most controversially, there's been a move in recent years to sort of...downplay the impact of spelling and grammar, or to cast them as the concern of privileged people. If the reader can understand the text, then it doesn't matter if it's grammatically incorrect; and to get hung up on or comment on grammatical errors is to be rude, to be a gatekeeper, to be anti-diversity, etc. Now, to be fair, "grammar Nazis" can be obnoxious, and often see an error as an opportunity to puff themselves up at the expense of others. However, I think the way it now tends to be framed creates a disincentive for people to learn both spelling and the nuances of grammar."

TBH, I hate this trend. I'm not a pedant, I don't obnoxiously correct people who make mistakes and make a big deal out of grammar/spelling errors. But trying to spin correct spelling and grammar like it's some kind of privileged person dick-swinging move is just a bad take. It's just a poorly disguised fear and distrust of anything remotely intellectual.

[(Anonymous)]

Language is not a universal constant. Its nature is change. If the majority of people start using "incorrect" grammar in a way that is understood by and feels natural to a majority of native speakers, it's by nature no longer incorrect.

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In that broader trend, however, the grammar and spelling aren't feeling natural to native speakers. Both are coming across as glaringly wrong, but people are being told that the polite, inclusive thing to do is to ignore it.