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Exploring The Grammar Wars: Seeking New and Common Ground
Objectives
Grammar Is Important! Correctness Is Important!
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
“Proper Grammar,” What does that really mean?
CORRECTNESS: A Relative Notion
“Proper Grammar”: A Relative Notion
Switching Gears: Exploring Public Reaction To Grammar
A traitor committing treason
English speakers… akin to Nazi prison guards?
Grammar error… as disease? contagion? a curse?
Grammar error… as disease? contagion? a curse?
Grammar error… as disease? contagion? a curse?
Grammar error… as disease? contagion? a curse?
Usage error… grammatical collapse?
As old as the hills: dark pronouncements about the language and its speakers
As old as the hills: dark pronouncements about the language and its speakers
As old as the hills: dark pronouncements go way, way back...
As old as the hills: dark pronouncements go way, way back...
As old as the hills: deploring the new words...
As old as the hills: deploring the new words...
As old as the hills: deploring the new words...
What to make of it?
What to make of it?
Language in the midst of change:
Language in the midst of change:
Language in the midst of change:
Language in the midst of change:
Language in the midst of change:
English changes, as all languages do:
English changes, as all languages do:
Back to Grammatical Correctness:
The dominant language variety & success in America
Correctness & Writing
Correctness & Writing
In Sum:
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Works Cited
Works Cited (continued)
Exploring The Grammar Wars
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Author: Stewart Library
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