New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research - 3 Quarks Daily
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New Horizons in Prescriptivism Research - 3 Quarks Daily
Stan Carey at Sentence first: In the Preface to his landmark Dictionary of 1755, Samuel Johnson wrote that ‘sounds are too volatile and subtile for legal restraints; to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride’. Any dictionary, any grammar, is but a snapshot: all living languages change, and they do so constantly and at every level. Yet there is an instinct in many of us to fix aspects of our language or to …
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