Genuine answer: because it makes language less accurate and if you have to infer what the other person is trying to say (instead of what they are actually saying) that is just unnecessary energy wasted and it WILL create misunderstandings eventually.
Disclaimer: I know this is about accurately using language, but as English is not my first language, this comment might not be entirely accurate itself, lol. But I am observing similar situations like the one this post is about in my first language (German) as well
Genuine question: why do people care? The goal of language is to communicate and if you understand what the other person said then they’ve done that
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Because “supposably” is not a goddamn word, so it shouldn’t be used to communicate. We live in a society
Supposebly is a word though…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/supposably-vs-supposedly
You know what also wasn’t a word?
Literally every word that is now a word.
Word
We live in a society smh my head every time
It is, though?
Genuine answer: because it makes language less accurate and if you have to infer what the other person is trying to say (instead of what they are actually saying) that is just unnecessary energy wasted and it WILL create misunderstandings eventually. Disclaimer: I know this is about accurately using language, but as English is not my first language, this comment might not be entirely accurate itself, lol. But I am observing similar situations like the one this post is about in my first language (German) as well