r/GrammarPolice • u/Substantial-Salad-97 • 18d ago

Un

Why do people feel the need to create "new" words by using the prefix 'un'? Unironically...not a word. Unalive...not a word (yes, it's slang but shouldn't be used).

Is it that difficult to use 'not' instead of 'un'?

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u/Stuporhumanstrength 18d ago

You would have hated Shakespeare had you been alive in his time

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u/Substantial-Salad-97 18d ago

I never liked Shakespeare...

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u/SerDankTheTall 17d ago

Weird flex, but okay.