Linguistic Prescriptivists Make Terrible Zoologists

If you love language, be a descriptivist, not a prescriptivist!
Remember:
Just because a word isn’t in your dictionary, doesn’t mean it isn’t a word. 
Just because a dialect is different from the standard language, doesn’t mean it isn’t valid. 
Just because someone uses a word in a way you aren’t familiar with, doesn’t mean they are wrong.
And, however you feel about it, language evolution is inevitable, so you might as well enjoy it!

3 Replies to “Linguistic Prescriptivists Make Terrible Zoologists”

  1. Would it be okay if I reprint this on my editing site (EssentialEdits.ca)? I couldn’t find a contact address I could email to ask.

    1. Ryan Starkey says:

      For what purpose?

  2. Dear Mr. Starkey, I would like to include a translation of this into Spanish in a college textbook. Hoping we can reach an agreement for that! Many thanks.

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