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Is English more creative than other languages in practice? [closed]
I just read an interesting answer to a recent question. A sentence attracted my attention, as I never thought this way, but I see it is so true in different ways:
Furthermore, native speakers have ...
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Recent grammar additions
A lot of questions have been dedicated to how evolution of English got many constructs of the old either fall out of use, merge, or evolve into different forms but still with 1:1 relation to original. ...
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At what usage level does a grammatical error become acceptable? [closed]
Is there any rule for the usage level of a grammatical error above which it is no longer treated as an error?
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If the English language is always evolving, why do we need to learn and follow grammatical rules? [closed]
Since language evolves over time — the best example I can think of is slang where it mostly doesn't follow grammar rules — why is there a need to preserve grammar or stress that proper ...
