>"I actually really don't like getting text messages that end in periods because it always feels so harsh and passive-aggressive," said Juan Abenante Rincon, 24, a social media manager for Adidas. "Like, are you mad? What's going on? Like, did I do something wrong?"

What level of neuroticism is this?

¨In other words, enough to send a chill down anyone's spine.¨

I say again, what level of neuroticism is this? If folks are reading that much into a standard element of grammar, then maybe the grammar isn't the problem.

¨Klin said the entire debate demonstrates that language is constantly changing — and that's OK.¨

Language exists to communicate ideas; if a change makes things harder to communicate, it's a bad change. Change isn't inherently good.

If hundreds of millions of people are using grammar one way (and have been for a long time), and some young adults come along and _misread_ that grammar, the worse course is to tell the 100s of millions to change their behavior.