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Posted 27 September 2004 - 08:07 PM
Yes, remember, it was an American who started this by attacking Sime's English.
Damn Americans... always starting wars.
Damn Americans... always starting wars.
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 08:21 PM
Chefelf, you're delineating the different between prescriptive ("proper", taught by grade school teachers) and descriptive (understandable) grammar. Linguists agree... anything that can be understood, with clear meaning, is A-OK by them.
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 09:35 PM
True. But we Australians were just retaliating against an American criticising our English spelling when it's the more widely used. That's all.
I'm all for the notion that if you can communicate meaning effectively and be understood then you have communicated successfully.
I'm all for the notion that if you can communicate meaning effectively and be understood then you have communicated successfully.
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Posted 27 September 2004 - 09:55 PM
WHAT ?
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Posted 28 September 2004 - 08:44 AM
QUOTE (Laura @ Sep 27 2004, 09:21 PM)
Chefelf, you're delineating the different between prescriptive ("proper", taught by grade school teachers) and descriptive (understandable) grammar. Linguists agree... anything that can be understood, with clear meaning, is A-OK by them.
I know that... but on an Internet Forum is "proper" English even worth bringing up?
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Posted 28 September 2004 - 08:57 AM
ok, between Helenas mysteriously accurate quotes of TPM and now that, i`m beginning to wonder if there arnt a few closet prequelies on this board...