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Stephen Downes

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When you stop and think about this, it's remarkable: "Prescriptivists cannot point to a single language that became unusable or inexpressive as a result of people's failure to uphold traditional vocabulary and grammar. Every language existing today is fantastically expressive. It would be a miracle, except that it is utterly commonplace, a fact shared not only by all languages but by all the humans who use them." Image: Timo Honkela.

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