alleryWhy does prescription lag behind everyday speech?
AEntrenched rules resist change
BSpeakers stop changing their speech
CDictionaries are never revised
DLanguages do not really change
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Entrenched rules resist change
1. Prescriptive rules quickly become entrenched.
2. Language changes but the rules stay put.
3. The 1834 advice against the split infinitive is an example that still lingers.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic prescription, Criticisms_
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