"at" at the end of a where phrase

[Patti Kurtz]

lists at SPANISHTRANSLATOR.ORG wrote:

>Why not just make explicit the underpinnings of all this: power.  The
>so-called "standard" varieties of a language are those used by the
>powerful, and the powerful can and will discriminate against you if you
>don't adapt to their way of doing things -- in language use, dress, mores
>and any other significant aspect of social interaction.
>
Amen to that, Scott.  I think making these assumptions explicit is a
good way to start discussion in the classroom as well as make students
aware of the way things are "out in the world".  My Linguistics students
and I talk about this all the time.  I usually tell my composition
students that they need to write the way the academy expects them to so
they can graduate and get jobs-- not because there's something
inherently "better" about it.  It's a good discussion starter about "who
sets the standard."

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If  you write nothing, nothing is what you end up with!



Joseph Bruchac