Clarification Edit: for people who speak English natively and are learning a second language

  • Corr@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Perhaps other people have said it but this is the quote I’m familiar with:
    “The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

    James Nicoll