LL-L "Grammar" 2005.11.30 (07) [E]

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30 November 2005 * Volume 07
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From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language learning" 2005.11.30 (01) [E]

To Heather, Sandy, Paul and Mr. Dictum ( or should I address you as Obiter?)
I read a report in a newspaper that an American publisher was going to
> allow 'I would of' in future because ' so many people say and use it
> and languages are always developing'.
Yes languagues are always developing; new words are added and gradual
grammatical shifts occur, but "would of"? In my book that is about as
uncouth as "Me and John" and spitting in the street. So call me an old
fogey. It makes me feel like my parents must have felt when I decided I
liked Bach and Bartok rather than Brahms and Beethoven. It is probably all
cultural. I wonder if I would feel the same way if the change was generated
by the "educated" segment of the population rather than by an ignorant youth
who would like to shock his parents. "Drat it Johnny eat with knife and
fork!!"
Jacqueline 

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