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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Wrong according to... who? Who is the authority? Who granted them that power? By what mechanism can one appeal their decision?

What is "correct"?

There are standards, but you can only really say something is "wrong" or "incorrect" in relation to a particular standard. You typically wouldn't write "senator yeeted his hat lol fr" as a newspaper headline. That doesn't follow the standards for that context. But that doesn't mean it's "wrong" in some universal sense.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Correct according to who? You? Lol

    Fortunately, you are not the arbiter of the English language.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That's what I was just saying to you, so I'm confused why you think that's a rebuttal.

    You said things people write aren't automatically "correct" without defining what correct means.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    You'll be corrected by someone with enough education to believe they are correct. English speakers police the English language in a very unorganised way.

    There are no appeals. Accept that you were wrong or find a reputable style guide or dictionary that supports your position and tell the person who corrected you to get lost.

    New words happen, but if you can't get the right spelling of "they're" or "their", "your", "you're" or "yaw", "its" or "it's", etc or use a unique spelling of a word I can point out in a dictionary how you're wrong

    If you mismatch brackets or do odd punctuation I can point out how it looks bad or reads wrong

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not surprised that you're confused

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You seem to be trying to be smug after you've communicated badly. Additionally, your understanding of how language works is not widely accepted.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago*

    The fact that you don't understand your argument is facile and easily undermined only highlights your lack of understanding and maturity.

    Your personal opinion doesn't count as something being "widely accepted".

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