overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agoWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareWe all know grammar Nazis. What incorrect grammar are you completely in defence of?overload@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-23 months agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSoapbox@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months ago“Y’all” I will die on the hill that it’s more efficient and neutral than the alternatives.
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI recently realized that w’all needs to be shakespeared too. Following the pattern of other languages, y’all and w’all are missing in English. Also, I shakespeared the verb shakespeared, in reference to Shakespeare making up new words by following patterns among other words.
“Y’all”
I will die on the hill that it’s more efficient and neutral than the alternatives.
I recently realized that w’all needs to be shakespeared too. Following the pattern of other languages, y’all and w’all are missing in English.
Also, I shakespeared the verb shakespeared, in reference to Shakespeare making up new words by following patterns among other words.