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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Complaining about evolving language is about as basic, UMC as you can get.

I took "keyboarding" in HS in 1993.  it has existed for ages.

My crotchety ASD father likes to complain about language evaluation - stuff like verbing, and adding an extra word to action verbs (like "swapping out" instead of just saying "swapping" - he things is SOOOOO low class).  I think it's a sad way of lording your UMC education over someone who may not have had access to that type of grammar growing up - but is just as, or far more, intelligent and educated -just didn't have the consistent access to grammar.  Basically, complaining about grammar is the equivalent of a grumpy old man yelling "get off my lawn!!!".  
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IRL it is a class/education marker, and I'm grateful for that in the workplace. A coworker spouting about ideating and other business school words is one thing, but when they constantly tell us to contact "Bill or I", "Bill or myself" -- tells me everything I need to know about them. [/quote]

You literally just made my point. Why the hell is a colleague's "class" relevant to you?  Their "class" has no bearing on their competence or capacity for doing good work (or, if you're making the same judgment calls in non-work settings, someone's capacity for being a good person). [/quote]

And why does making a grammar error "tell you everything you need to know about them"?? Because now you know that they grew up lower class so you can turn your nose up at them?  You're a seriously bad person.  [/quote]

This person is also uninformed. Because people who are informed about the English language and its history know that judging somebody based on grammar is about as Bourgeois as you can get. Do a little research into the history of prescriptive grammar before you judge people. [/quote]

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