I had just recently gotten into this conversation in a class of mine. Long story short, the TA for the class is studying Linguistics and had a rather interesting perspective on the role of grammar in language. I found it intriguing and perhaps controversial so here's kind of how it went down.
"Funner" is a word. It is. A word is an atomic module of language that has an understood meaning. If I were to use it in a sentence: "Spring break sure is funner than being in class." everyone understands the meaning of word. It conveys a specific and distinct meaning.
Far too many people misunderstand grammar completely, and unfortunately most of these people wind up teaching 4th grade English classes. You see, language is a descriptive science, not a prescriptive one. You can teach someone "how most people speak a commonly understood language", but you cannot teach "the way it should or must be done" in some inevitably arbitrary way.
You see, everyone has their own language, or their own dialect to be more precise. There is no single "English Language". Just like there is an enormous difference between speaking Spanish in Mexico as opposed to speaking Spanish in Spain.
Do not be a grammar Nazi! Almost every word we have has been *******ized from some other word in some other language. Virtually all of them come from some idiot mispronouncing some word and it "sticking". That's just how language evolves.
Are there any grammar Nazi's in the house that seem to think otherwise?
"Funner" is a word. It is. A word is an atomic module of language that has an understood meaning. If I were to use it in a sentence: "Spring break sure is funner than being in class." everyone understands the meaning of word. It conveys a specific and distinct meaning.
Far too many people misunderstand grammar completely, and unfortunately most of these people wind up teaching 4th grade English classes. You see, language is a descriptive science, not a prescriptive one. You can teach someone "how most people speak a commonly understood language", but you cannot teach "the way it should or must be done" in some inevitably arbitrary way.
You see, everyone has their own language, or their own dialect to be more precise. There is no single "English Language". Just like there is an enormous difference between speaking Spanish in Mexico as opposed to speaking Spanish in Spain.
Do not be a grammar Nazi! Almost every word we have has been *******ized from some other word in some other language. Virtually all of them come from some idiot mispronouncing some word and it "sticking". That's just how language evolves.
Are there any grammar Nazi's in the house that seem to think otherwise?