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There's a new post on the Web of Language:
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<div>The great language change hoax</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Deniers of global warming, the big bang, and evolution have a new target: language change. Arguing that language change is just a theory, not a fact,
they’re launching efforts to remove it from the school curriculum. To support their efforts, they’re citing a new report, “The Myth of Language Change,” presented last month at the annual conference of the </span><a href="http://www.pure-english.com/society-pure-english-early-20th-century-england" data-mce-href="http://www.pure-english.com/society-pure-english-early-20th-century-england" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Society
for Pure English</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> in Toronto.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Read the complete post at the Web of Language: <a href="http://bit.ly/weblan">http://bit.ly/weblan</a></span></div>
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