Snow Job

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

Also, as Deborah Cameron noted in her excellent _Verbal Hygiene_, when it comes to promoting gender-neutral language and avoiding implied sexism in linguistic examples.


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Except, of course, when it comes to how amateurs define linguistic terms such
as schwa. And maybe even when we exhibit a touch of scorn for the
"artificiality" and pseudologic of deep-seated bourgeois linguistic practices (such as
avoiding the split infinitive, or making a distinction between WHO and WHOM).

In a message dated 3/3/09 3:38:10 PM, wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM writes:


> ... linguists don't like to prescribe usage.
>




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