• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Especially in English, which is incredibly idiosyncratic.

    I have an English degree so obviously I care about this shit. But I’ve spent enough time in the world to understand that there is more than one kind of education. I know brilliant sofrware programmers who might fuck up less/fewer. They’re not stupid. They have lots of education. I’m an idiot compared to them when it comes to logic and math. I have a friend who’s a master gardener, accomplished photographer, welder, electronics teacher, small business owner, IT technician, and a really good cook. He probably screws up a word here and there. He’s vastly more educated and intelligent than me.

    So yeah… we should all just back off on being pedants about grammar and vocabulary rules, just a little bit.