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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
No. English is NOT a rational language, the way it has grown.

And who sets the rules? There was no committee that set the rules one day and there it was. English has changed for hundreds of years.

The trick is to change slowly enough that the rigid rationalists don't disturb everyone else too badly.

/johnny

33 posted on 03/17/2015 7:52:43 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
No. English is NOT a rational language, the way it has grown.

Never said it was. The only fully rational language would be an artificial one.

And who sets the rules? There was no committee that set the rules one day and there it was. English has changed for hundreds of years.

Who sets the rules? It used to be the English department. They have handed it over to the APA so it is perhaps not surprising that logic and clarity have been pushed out of what is laughably called "language arts".

The trick is to change slowly enough that the rigid rationalists don't disturb everyone else too badly.

The trick is to get people to communicate clearly.

When they use "ya know what I mean" every second sentence they are not communicating clearly.

47 posted on 03/17/2015 8:03:58 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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