“who’s” is “who is”[1] or “who has”[2], and it can be wrestled into a possessive if you make “who” all or part of a name[3], but it’s the wrong sort of possessive for this context. If you really want the possessive form, it ought to be phrased “which person’s”, which is mostly what “whose” means.
(An actual linguist would speak more about the genitive and how it works in English, but I’m not as capable.)
[1]: e.g. “Who’s there?”
[2]: e.g. “Who’s let the cat out again?”
[3]: e.g. “This is you-know-who’s box of tricks.”
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
E.g.
Most linguists in this age believe that prescriptivism is outmoded and should no longer be used
Most linguists in this age believe that descriptivism is a more accurate model of language than prescriptivism
Most linguists in this age believe that “correcting” language unnecessarily is actively harmful, as it stifles the evolution of a living growing thing, which prescriptivism fails to accurately model
Most linguists in this age agree the more important factor is CONTEXT, that you should use the correct language style for the context, whereas prescriptivism falls flat as it ignores context. Contextual Language is the idea that you use a different style of language talking to your boss then you do to your friend, then you do to your best friend, than you do to a stranger
Well, that was an entirely unnecessary and lengthy correction to a mistake that was A) a typo I didn’t notice from using swipe on my phone keyboard, not a misunderstanding on grammar, and B) not an error that rendered my comment confusing or indecipherable requiring your clarification. But thank you for your (air quotes) help. I really hope that you’re a bot, not a person this annoying or one who writes that way.
I’m about 50/50 on grammar errors. They bother me either way, but sometimes I feel the need to correct them and try to explain why.
Today I seem to have worded it in a way that’s rubbed people the wrong way. It has gone better. You win some, you lose some.
And yes I know I sound like an LLM. I used to not be able to communicate my ideas at all (flashback to not being able to string a 500 word essay together at school) but then I got a job working technical support and I had to figure out a way of getting my ideas and explanations across. And this is now how I communicate, for better or worse.
Unfortunately, LLMs learned how to communicate in a not dissimilar way. And so we sound alike.
“Wrong username. Correct password.”
“Uh… who’s password?”
Error: password already in use by CobainKiller94
I don’t know who is password, or why is password, or when is password, but I do know where is password, and it’s out there!
But… how is password? Secure enough?
*whose
“who’s” is “who is”[1] or “who has”[2], and it can be wrestled into a possessive if you make “who” all or part of a name[3], but it’s the wrong sort of possessive for this context. If you really want the possessive form, it ought to be phrased “which person’s”, which is mostly what “whose” means.
(An actual linguist would speak more about the genitive and how it works in English, but I’m not as capable.)
[1]: e.g. “Who’s there?” [2]: e.g. “Who’s let the cat out again?” [3]: e.g. “This is you-know-who’s box of tricks.”
Noun
prescriptivism
(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
E.g.
I envy these linguists’ ability to either not be irked by grammar errors at all or to be able to deal with their irritation when errors arise.
Well, that was an entirely unnecessary and lengthy correction to a mistake that was A) a typo I didn’t notice from using swipe on my phone keyboard, not a misunderstanding on grammar, and B) not an error that rendered my comment confusing or indecipherable requiring your clarification. But thank you for your (air quotes) help. I really hope that you’re a bot, not a person this annoying or one who writes that way.
I’m about 50/50 on grammar errors. They bother me either way, but sometimes I feel the need to correct them and try to explain why.
Today I seem to have worded it in a way that’s rubbed people the wrong way. It has gone better. You win some, you lose some.
And yes I know I sound like an LLM. I used to not be able to communicate my ideas at all (flashback to not being able to string a 500 word essay together at school) but then I got a job working technical support and I had to figure out a way of getting my ideas and explanations across. And this is now how I communicate, for better or worse.
Unfortunately, LLMs learned how to communicate in a not dissimilar way. And so we sound alike.
Probably the overuse of superfluous grammar that’s throwing people off tbh. You should research the idea of Contextual Language to fix that
I like the way you write, FWIW.