David Foster Wallace's article "Tense Present: Democracy, ENglish, and the
Wars over Usage" is a careful--and often very funny--argument for the
teaching of standard English and a rebuttal of the linguist's descriptive
approach.  It appeared in Harper's Magazine, April 2001.  I think many on
the list will find it provocative.

Brock Haussamen

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