If you love language, be a descriptivist, not a prescriptivist!
Remember:
- Just because a word isn’t in your dictionary, doesn’t mean it isn’t a word.
- Just because a dialect is different from the standard language, doesn’t mean it isn’t valid.
- Just because someone uses a word in a way you aren’t familiar with, doesn’t mean they are wrong.
- And, however you feel about it, language evolution is inevitable, so you might as well enjoy it!
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