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Milky Posted 20 years ago
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Informal/conversational: incorrect use?
0 Just received this text from a colleague of mine (he didn't give me the source). Would you say that the writer is claiming that informal/conversational English is incorrect use? 02 br
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00 "Swan is a strong descriptivist who often classifies things differently from more prescriptive grammarians. What 01 font 00 s 02 font 00 wan calls correct, I would call informal/conversational. What he calls excessively formal, I would call standard and correct." 02 br
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00 She's/He's referring Michael Swan, I presume. 0-
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00 "Swan is a strong descriptivist who often classifies things differently from more prescriptive grammarians. What 01 font 00 s 02 font 00 wan calls correct, I would call informal/conversational. What he calls excessively formal, I would call standard and correct." 02 br
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00 She's/He's referring Michael Swan, I presume. 0-
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0 S/he seems to be, but may just work under a different definition of 'correct'. 0-
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