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Language is always changing. At one point 'an apron' was 'a napron' while words like 'literally' are no longer literally literal. What are some language battles that have been lost in living memory and what are some others you predict will soon occur?

Edit: Non-english examples very welcome!

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[โ€“] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pour one out for the Oxford Comma .

Let's eat Grandma

Commas save lives!

[โ€“] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Us that technically a missing Oxford comma, or just a missing comma?

[โ€“] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

The grandma quote is a missing comma in general, but there's another reply with a missing Oxford Comma.

Although punctuation is waning, I'm willing to spend the time to use it.

[โ€“] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The rich couple, me and ScarJo donated ten thousand dollars to a local charity school.

[โ€“] likebudda@reddthat.com 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Y'all make a cute couple but she's doing the heavy lifting.

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 hours ago

That's typical of her relationships.