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... rules prescribe " good " English just as their social rules proscribe the behaviors of " good " women . During the Burning Time , a period spanning roughly three centuries and known , in patriarchal histories as the " renaissance ...
... rules prescribe " good " English just as their social rules proscribe the behaviors of " good " women . During the Burning Time , a period spanning roughly three centuries and known , in patriarchal histories as the " renaissance ...
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... rules created by several generations of educated Englishmen . The name " prescriptive grammar " may be unfamiliar , but the existence of its rules probably isn't . It's what teachers continue to teach as the grammar of English ...
... rules created by several generations of educated Englishmen . The name " prescriptive grammar " may be unfamiliar , but the existence of its rules probably isn't . It's what teachers continue to teach as the grammar of English ...
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... rules better than they , female English teachers have been caricatured by male linguists as the stereotype of linguistic evil , " Miss Fidditch . " ' 10 Miss Fidditch , according to male linguists , is responsible for stifling the ...
... rules better than they , female English teachers have been caricatured by male linguists as the stereotype of linguistic evil , " Miss Fidditch . " ' 10 Miss Fidditch , according to male linguists , is responsible for stifling the ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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