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- ISSN: 0013-8274
- E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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Can the English Language Take Care of Itself? A Dialogue
- Source: English Journal, Volume 90, Issue And Language for All, Mar 2001, p. 60 - 66
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- 01 Mar 2001
Abstract
Presents a (fictional) conversation between a college English professor and a graduate student in English who is something of a purist about the language. Shows, in conversations across a semester and a half, her changing attitudes about the rules of good English, “purity” in the language, divided usage, and confusing grammar and usage.
© 2001 by the National Council of Teachers of English