Interpreting Standard Usage Empirically

Writers, editors, and everyday language users look to dictionaries, style guides, usage guides, and other published works to help inform their language decisions. They want to know what is Standard English and what is not. Commentators have been prescribing and proscribing certain usages for centuri...

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Main Author: Frandsen, Jacob F.
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2014
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3986
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4985&context=etd