I'm not "letting them" get away with anything. They do it with or without my permission. Would you suggest I travel to England and tell him to shove it? I really don't care that much about it. And even if I did, it seems 100× more pretentious to claim many experts are wrong (or should be wrong) and that people must relearn how to speak because you think it sounds weird.
Language evolves, and this one's been around a lot longer than either you or I, so maybe you should deal with it, or go start a language reform movement and preach why your way is better.
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u/dimonium_anonimo 19d ago
I'm not "letting them" get away with anything. They do it with or without my permission. Would you suggest I travel to England and tell him to shove it? I really don't care that much about it. And even if I did, it seems 100× more pretentious to claim many experts are wrong (or should be wrong) and that people must relearn how to speak because you think it sounds weird.
Language evolves, and this one's been around a lot longer than either you or I, so maybe you should deal with it, or go start a language reform movement and preach why your way is better.