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From grammar rules to everyday slang, debates over descriptivism and prescriptivism reveal how we balance authority with the way people really speak. What is language, why do we use it, and how did it ...

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There is a telling Calvin and Hobbes comic in which Calvin expresses a newfound realization about writing: “With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!” As evidence, ...