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[โ€“] MonkRome@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist. Descriptivist is, language gets defined by its users rather than rules. As soon as you set a rule, you're a prescriptivist.

[โ€“] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

Saying people should say things a specific way is prescriptivist

Yes, and saying people should say things so that other people understand them isn't. I'm saying people should say thing so that other people understand them.