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  • Pipoca@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Ah, yes, that’s why the French still speak perfect Latin.

    Yes, old grammar textbooks have been an incredibly important resource for linguists, particularly for reconstructing ancient pronunciations. They’re useful for teaching historians etc. Old French or whatever.

    But we generally haven’t been terribly successful at beating students into using obsolete grammar rules and to stop using modern grammatical innovations.