misnomer 'misconception'

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Its not gone be me.

dInIs



>Yes, this comes from reading too many student papers, which (aside
>from those by English majors) regularly and almost without exception
>use "it's" for "its."  And English majors do it too, though less
>often.
>
>To put it "another" way, "its" is now usually substituted by "it's."
>
>I mentioned the epidemiological view of linguistic change.
>
>Now I too am infected.
>
>WHO will be NEXT ???
>
>Will it be...
>
>
>YOU ????????????
>
>JL
>
>
>"Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
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>JL:
>
>>.... language-focused people" have been around for a long time and have
>>never been shy about calling attention to what they perceive as errors.
>
>True enough. Just watch.
>
>JL:
>
>>So the (oh God, I can hardly write it) "normal" use of "is is" in speech
>>may not be very much older than it's first observation.
>
>There's "it's".
>
>AZ:
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>>i suggested before that it's opacity actually facilitates its spread ....
>
>There's "it's" again.
>
>[This is for Dennis:] That really gives me the reds, and the mulligrubs,
>and the collywobbles! That really sinks my boat! Yuk! Argh!
>
>(^_^)
>
>-- Doug Wilson
>
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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
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Michigan State University
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