Subject: Re: The First of a Series of Grammatical Corrections...
From: Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 01:07:58 GMT
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Cecilia Baader wrote:
: Come out and play, Evil Matt K. Dissertation, schmissertation.
:
:
: One could argue that the use of "quotes" is perfectly acceptable if one
: felt amenable to playing the common usage card.
Fie, Cecilia, fie. Common usage is for commoners. And descriptive
grammar is for hippies--and communists. It's a deferal of agency;
it erases blame and accountability, both for the learning writer and the
grammarian.
Il n'y a pas de hors texte,
Matt
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