❛also find it funny when people assume that i'm supposed to be absolutely baffled by things like "literally" (finally) having its official definition altered, or things like "lol," "omg," and "wtf" becoming acceptable, dictionary-recognized things to say. language changes. all the time. it hasn't gotten dumber. it's just not the way it was when you were born into it.❜

❛if anything, what linguistics taught me was that grammar rules are essentially bullshit. one of the fundamental principles i learned was that basically as long as two people understand what they're saying to one another, it's legit.❜

❛any linguist worth his or her salt will never assault one's grammatical choices.❜

❛common grammar errors are what lead to changes in language which is what most linguists claim to love. so why would they lose their shit?❜

❛geoffrey k pullum calls that rule and some others like not splitting infinitives (quite wonderfully) 'zombie rules'. they keep trundling along but they are effectively dead. the preposition rule more than most since it's a grammar rule from latin which someone in the 1640's thought "i like that rule, we shall have it too" smile emoticon❜

❛linguists do not care about grammar rules. the only thing they are for is determining what is acceptable in speech. perhaps you mixed up english major with linguistics.❜

❛sorry, i don't know any linguistics majors that lose their shit when it comes to grammar. i only lose it when anal people insist on correcting people's grammar because being an asshole is not the point of grammar. ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which i will not put, yall.❜

❛there are also very prominent (and popular) theories that say most grammar rules aren't instinctive, but arbitrary and frequently tend to alienate the lower classes and the less educated. you would think that someone in linguistics would know this and be at least a bit forgiving ❜

❛there's grammar and then there's speaking proper and one is brilliant and the other one is just for clever dicks who want to accentuate their dickness❜

❛yeah linguists i know tend to avoid being precriptionists.❜