▲ 1295 ▼ Linguistics (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 244 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Studies linguistics, but not grammar. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago "I defend my poor grammar by appealing to linguistics." permalink fedilink source parent [–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What? Grammar is a very important part of linguistics. But linguistics is a science, not a morality - it describes the world of language as it actually is, not as someone in the 19th century demanded it should be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago "I defend my poor grammar by appealing to linguistics." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What? Grammar is a very important part of linguistics. But linguistics is a science, not a morality - it describes the world of language as it actually is, not as someone in the 19th century demanded it should be. permalink fedilink source parent
