This speech deals with descriptivism vs. prescriptivism. In my field, I am called a “grammar Nazi.” Every poor writer I have met defends descriptivism. Educated people in the Humanities have so eschewed grammar that some mistakes are rife and accepted as correct by the very folk who should have been the guardians of grammar (I.e. consider the widespread use of “lay” in place of “lie”). Those who speak with correct grammar are butts of jokes. We are mocked. Sheikh Hamza Yousef makes perfect points. Translation becomes nigh impossible without perfect grammar. I work in the field of grammar and never thought it would become such a minefield.
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Grammar does change..I mean even in the English dictionary..it's different to what you expect in Wales 😂but language should never be bibbed but encouraged❤❤