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Monthly reminder that (in no particular order)...
1. Standard English is no better than other varieties, it just has a history of powerful people behind it.
2. Most grammar ‘rules’ that people get upset about aren’t actually rules at all.
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1. Standard English is no better than other varieties, it just has a history of powerful people behind it.
2. Most grammar ‘rules’ that people get upset about aren’t actually rules at all.
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3. Texting/messaging isn’t ruining the language.
4. Language is perfectly safe in the hands of young people.
5. Of course we need to teach young people to use standard English. But we can do so without belittling any other varieties they use.
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4. Language is perfectly safe in the hands of young people.
5. Of course we need to teach young people to use standard English. But we can do so without belittling any other varieties they use.
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6. Words can change meaning through usage.
7. All of the above does not mean ‘anything goes’; language is about contextual appropriateness, not arbitrary notions of ‘correctness’.
7. Criticising people’s language is always about more than language.
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7. All of the above does not mean ‘anything goes’; language is about contextual appropriateness, not arbitrary notions of ‘correctness’.
7. Criticising people’s language is always about more than language.
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8. It’s natural to have linguistic preferences; it’s only a problem when those preferences become a tool with which to negatively judge other people.
9. Turns out I can language but I can't count.
