Timeline for If the English language is always evolving, why do we need to learn and follow grammatical rules?
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| Dec 16, 2014 at 13:06 | comment | added | Ooker | So, as an experience user (you have 38.5k point now), will you correct one's language because he/she is not a native, or you will let it be because English is evolving? | |
| Jul 14, 2013 at 22:17 | comment | added | naught101 | It would probably add something to this answer to mention "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously". That perfect standard grammar applied arbitrarily can result in meaningless sentences. | |
| May 21, 2011 at 10:18 | comment | added | o0'. | Fun fact: "The dog bit the cat wearing the brown collar." might be read as "The dog bit the cat [that was] wearing the brown collar." or "The dog bit the cat [while] wearing the brown collar." | |
| May 21, 2011 at 1:39 | vote | accept | QEntanglement | ||
| May 20, 2011 at 16:54 | comment | added | Kit Z. Fox♦ | +1 Very nicely explained, JSBangs. If I could, I'd give you a bonus upvote for "Some dog gone bit that there kitty, and he don't take that from nobody." Well, sh*t, don't that beat all. | |
| May 20, 2011 at 16:45 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 20, 2011 at 16:41 | history | answered | JSBձոգչ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |