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Old 13-Oct-2007, 19:10
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Default Re: Adj or adv?

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Originally Posted by riverkid View Post
Language science tends not to use terms like "incorrect", 2006, substituting terms like non-standard.

What good is the study of any subject if it's simply a matter of people's varying opinions? 'nonstandard' covers the situation perfectly because the rules that govern casual speech are decidedly different than those that describe other registers.
You can call it what you like, I'll call it "incorrect". Correct English does have rules; it's not all a matter of "opinion".
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