Obligatory alt text:
“Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you’re currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.”
XKCD should always include the alt text, imho. It’s often the better punchline (as in this case, imho.)
lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 6 months ago
I find people who actually study language are more tolerant toward different pronunciations and informal speech and colloquialisms and less likely to be grammar nazis.
SuiXi3D@kbin.social 6 months ago
Probably because they understand that all language is made up and they all change constantly. There’s no hard and fast rules.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
Language science/grammar/etc are all just observations of a natural phenomena, they are not laws to dictate.