Ubiquitous prescriptivism

[Robert Hartwell Fiske]

> "Gordon, Matthew J." <GordonMJ at MISSOURI.EDU>  wrote:
>
> Thus, while the claims that linguists are driven purely  by
> scientific objectivity are often overblown, it is important  to
> remember that we still are a long way from the kind of
>  anti-intellectualism displayed by commentators like  Fiske.




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