Prescriptivism in the news

Gordon, Matthew J. GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU
Wed Jun 18 22:54:10 UTC 2003


A recent Amnesty International report on the treatment of juveniles in INS detention notes that one of the infractions for which children were subjected to physical abuse was asking "Can I go to the bathroom?" rather than "May I..."

The report is at: http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/2003/usa06182003.html



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