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  1. 08-Oct-2003, 11:42 #1
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    "Standard English is the best English and any deviation from its norm involves a lowering of standards."

    How true is this statement??
  2. 08-Oct-2003, 19:37 #2
    dduck
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    Language evolves over time, because we're not machines. Rules guide us. They don't control us, nor should we allow them to.

    Iain
  3. 08-Oct-2003, 22:21 #3
    Tdol
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    It's very judgmental. Many would disagree with it completely. Standard English is, IMO, the most widely understood, which makes it very useful, but deviations are not necessarily inferior.
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