These 2 things upset me. Quotes that are misquoted are just plain stupid. Find a source and back it up.
Second, can we all learn to use the language? There is no such thing as "for all intensive purposes". I can name a million more. Another part of the education that is sorely lacking in the US.
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Who doesn't love the battle between regardless and irregardless? LOL
ReplyDeleteI heard a great piece on NPR about the state of the English language. I guess in some ways it is changing. But maybe its evolving and adapting to multiculturalism. But that concept isn't all that new. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/04/138991581/linguist-recasts-what-language-is-and-isnt