Descriptivism + McLuhan + Walter Ong = peace of mind about prose that clings to vernacular.
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John Dryden's to blame for dangling preps rule (invented in 1672 in a misguided notion to align English with the 'more perfect' Latin). Linguists have pointing out this silliness seemingly forever with Geoff Pullum writing the most acerbic takes. a fun one http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001702.html …
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