The grammar gravy train
Geoffrey K. Pullum,
Language Log,
Nov 02, 2009
What makes language such a great tool for thinking and learning is that it can approach a greater precision than most alternatives. In current usage, however, with a general decline in language and logic among what would in previous years have been called the intellegensia, language remains as imprecise an instrument as the rest. The fault, though, lies not with the speakers - at least, according to this author - but rather, with the grammarians themselves, who have been practising their are with no particular knowledge of the subject. Related: Seven Bad Writing Habits you learned in school.
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