Comment by fooker
1 day ago
This is how language works, things mean what people using language want it to mean. Not the more precise version you want it to mean.
1 day ago
This is how language works, things mean what people using language want it to mean. Not the more precise version you want it to mean.
No, when people misuse the language they are wrong. Their bad use does not become correct just because it's popular. Linguistic descriptivism is a nonsense idea.
It's literally a nonsense idea ;)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally