At 03:32 PM 12/11/96 +0000, you wrote:
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>Sender:       Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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>Poster:       Norman Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: here's a conundrum I'm dealing with
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>Hi--
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>I'm slightly puzzled by the following, which it seems to me is a fairly
>common statement among linguists:
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>"SWE is not inherently better than any other langauge;..."
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>Is this the same as saying: "SWE is not better than any other language"?
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>Which leads to the crucial question: Are some languages "better" than
>other languages?  Is there a "best" language?
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>Norm Carlson
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This question made me wonder if SWE is a language different from spoken
English (British, American, or otherwise)... how much difference is
necessary to define it as a separate language (better or not)?   what do you
think?
 
Paul E. Doniger