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((User:Mgcsinc/userboxes/linguistic change))
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a lot alot | This user recognizes that linguistic change is a natural and desirable aspect of human language. |
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((User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/Majority error))
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| Majority ≠ right
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This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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ad populum fallacy | Although this user acknowledges the logical fallacy ad populum, they do not think that it applies to human language, and recognise that the majority determines grammatical "right" and "wrong". |
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((User:UBX/userboxes/majority change))
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Majority Usage
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Correct Grammar | This user recognizes that if most people make the same grammatical "mistake", it ceases to be a mistake and becomes proper grammar, for grammar has no immutable or moral "right" or "wrong" and "correct grammar" is determined by majority usage. |
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((User:Mgcsinc/Userboxes/Majority is right))
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