Just posted about how I disagree with the (often condescending) insistence on using French grammar in English for French borrows like "attorney general". #Linguistics#Grammar#Writing
@ModernDayBartleby I couldn't agree more! I just finished reading the chapter "Conceptualizations of Grammar in the History of English Grammaticology" in the Oxford Handbook of English Grammar - interesting historical examination of what well-known grammar writers throughout history took as acceptable data to inform their grammars. So fun to see debate where most folks think consensus exists. Sounds like it may be up your ally of interest! Happy to share the pdf if you're interested.
I'm going to start a new hashtag - #DisagREAD
I'll be using it when I post a book I'm #NowReading where I'm pretty sure I won't agree with the author. It's different from "hate reading" where you despise the writer. It's more professional disagreements in general where I don't want folks to think I'm promoting the author or their ideas in the book but I'm instead reading it to better my counterarguments
People aren't "stupid" for not knowing what you know. They simply just don't know something you know. Similarly, there are different logics around certain decisions. People aren't stupid if they work from a different logic than you, just different. Jumping to stupid is an unrigourous declaration. And ableist