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A barbed rebuttal to the conservative view that popular culture is destroying the English language. Though there is a contingent of linguists who fight the fact, our language is always changing--not only through slang, but sound, syntax, and words' meanings as well. Debunking the myth of... read more
First Sentence
One of most frustrating things for any linguists is a virtually universal misimpression that the world is full of people neglecting "proper," "logical" speech for "lazy speech" full of "errors" considered slovenly lapses in the vein of bad posture or inattentive grooming.
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- John H. McWhorter (Author)
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