[English Nazi] which is correct?
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Sir Lucius
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I predict misuse will redefine "acronym" in 20 years, so it's not worth it to learn the difference between initialisms and acronyms. Not to mention the overlap of initialisms that become words (lol becomes "lawl").
Written text is a lot different than it was 30 years ago, and people are going to gravitate towards what's easiest. 'U' could become a proper word one day.
Written text is a lot different than it was 30 years ago, and people are going to gravitate towards what's easiest. 'U' could become a proper word one day.
Hazee Daze
Veteran XV
p.s. this is a lie
Sir Lucius
Veteran XX
that's just ur opinion
Sir Lucius
Veteran XX
Imo the word "initialism" is going to become archaic because no one ever uses it.
When I was in college, I was told never to use "firstly," "secondly," et cetera because they weren't words. Now, they've become words because people use them so much.
Same thing with people misusing the word infer- so many people don't understand what the word means or how to use it, it's commonly interchangeable with "imply" now.
I'm guessing that the current phenomenon of people saying "ur" because they cannot correctly use "your" and "you're" will become acceptable eventually as well. I used to think this was a bad thing, but now I'm not so sure. Years ago, French scholars decided that French would remain a pure language- today, fewer people speak French than ever before, while English is becoming the language of the world- the fact that it is such an elastic and malleable language is much of the reason.
Unless you're a republican, then the reason is CAUSE MERCANS SPEAK IT AND MERICA KICKS ASS FUCK YEAH
Same thing with people misusing the word infer- so many people don't understand what the word means or how to use it, it's commonly interchangeable with "imply" now.
I'm guessing that the current phenomenon of people saying "ur" because they cannot correctly use "your" and "you're" will become acceptable eventually as well. I used to think this was a bad thing, but now I'm not so sure. Years ago, French scholars decided that French would remain a pure language- today, fewer people speak French than ever before, while English is becoming the language of the world- the fact that it is such an elastic and malleable language is much of the reason.
Unless you're a republican, then the reason is CAUSE MERCANS SPEAK IT AND MERICA KICKS ASS FUCK YEAH
KryandArturo
Veteran X
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