by sogekik » Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:49 am
6320. grammar is subjective, as with all syntax it is subject to the system in which it is in use, and as languages change- and rapidly at that- it's the reason why words such as 'emoji' and the god awful 'meme' are now in usage in the English language. The same process of course can be seen in programming languages - one of various things I enjoy spending time with- if you look at C type languages, you'll see a dramatic change from C to c++ and then to languages like C# that have routed from it.
6321. plus if you look at the word "you're" it's an abbreviation which probably entered the English language within the last two centuries, so sticking to a traditional english dialect actually " you are" would be the most grammatically correct
6322. in fact in British English(so English), you ( and all of us by extension) are misusing the word cookie, as the word in the english language is actually "biscuit", where we speaking dutch cookie would be correct ( more or less)
6323. as a British gentleman I refuse to have someone who uses Americanisms complaining about my English.
6324. there are so many flaws in american English, I don't even know where to begin, from misspellings ( most blatantly "aluminum" but also words like "color" and "armor" ("ou" in both for correct sounding)) to weird missuses of words (I recall something along the lines of "side walks are made of pavement", a pavement is a paved surface; so what an american would call a sidewalk, or pavement if your british)
6325. I am in no way pissed off btw :p I just enjoy arguing language. As someone who uses spoken language phonetically it's reasonably easy for me to misspell words or make minor grammatical mistakes