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(Bad linguistics) Language change is wrong, actually (www.independent.org)
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Found this article in the longreads community arguing why "politically correct" terms shouldn't be used. You guys have any thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Both "to prescribe against [thing]" and "to proscribe [thing]" are functionally equivalent in this context, at least acc. to how I use both words:

  • to prescribe - to lay down rules on what should be accepted / rejected.
  • to proscribe - to forbid, to strongly recommend against something.

But I'd rather use the first one here due to the topic, prescriptivism.