Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareintelisense@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·7 days agoI think you have this back to front. The grammar rules were written long after the language was spoken. Their purpose is to describe how language is actually used. Language evolves, though, so grammar must evolve too.
minus-squareTedesche@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 days agoI think you and many other people in this thread have this ass to mouth and don’t know which end is which.
I think you have this back to front. The grammar rules were written long after the language was spoken. Their purpose is to describe how language is actually used. Language evolves, though, so grammar must evolve too.
I think you and many other people in this thread have this ass to mouth and don’t know which end is which.