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minus-square@stephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoSee, I could understand you just find despite you writing “If course”, but if you try to say to me that is not a mistake simply because I could understand you, I cannot at all agree with your logic of what makes it the language “correct”.
minus-square@SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI never said it makes the language “correct”, more that language is fluid and there’s no need to correct people Unless a typo or spelling mistake is so common it becomes widely used, it’s fair to say it’s just a mistake
See, I could understand you just find despite you writing “If course”, but if you try to say to me that is not a mistake simply because I could understand you, I cannot at all agree with your logic of what makes it the language “correct”.
I never said it makes the language “correct”, more that language is fluid and there’s no need to correct people
Unless a typo or spelling mistake is so common it becomes widely used, it’s fair to say it’s just a mistake