Guess what: I agree! Quite a while ago, I pointed out that “the SIAI” was a non-native quirk introduced by XiXiDu (and for some reason picked up by certain native speakers).
Please correct me if I am wrong, I haven’t read up on language evolution yet. But isn’t it the case that natural language evolves? Unlike math, if enough people believe that a certain syntax is correct then it is correct. So if I start to write “the SIAI” at a time when people think that it sounds wrong but then gradually more and more people adapt that notation and start to perceive it to sound right, doesn’t it become right?
If you like I will from now on use the syntax that you suggest simply because you seem to care strongly about it while I don’t care at all.
Please correct me if I am wrong, I haven’t read up on language evolution yet. But isn’t it the case that natural language evolves? Unlike math, if enough people believe that a certain syntax is correct then it is correct. So if I start to write “the SIAI” at a time when people think that it sounds wrong but then gradually more and more people adapt that notation and start to perceive it to sound right, doesn’t it become right?
If you like I will from now on use the syntax that you suggest simply because you seem to care strongly about it while I don’t care at all.