14-Dec-2007, 00:45
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 Re: Proper use of "you and ....."
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Originally Posted by 2006  riverkid wrote...
1..."No one, that's NO ONE has addressed any of the questions I raised."
2..."How do you know that the prescriptive admonitions accurately reflect how language is used?"
riverkid:
1...Maybe that's because most of your rants, and the links you quote to support them, don't merit a response. The links are to the most highly respected, most up to date grammar references on the market. The alternative to that is a few folks offering someone else's opinions about how language works.
We're still at that stage where none of you have offered anything at all to support your position. Quote:
Originally Posted by 2006 2...I don't think that teaching a language is just declaring that some people somewhere say something so it must be as legitimate as anything else. | And where did I say that, 2006?
It is you who has prescribed that certain structures are "bad language" but if you'll go back and read the thread you'll find that that's all you and the others have done. Quote:
Originally Posted by 2006 And the fact that you are considerably outnumbered on this thread should cause you to think that maybe you don't accurately reflect how English is taught/used. In spite of that, you do more preaching than anyone else. | Is this then your newest offering of proof for your position, that I'm outnumbered? | # |