*shudders*
May. 27th, 2004 11:16 pmHow can you use the word "sociolinguistic" and then ask, as your first question, if one group uses "sloppier grammar" than another?
Do I really need to review the definition of nonstandard again? Because there is NO SUCH THING as "sloppy grammar".
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Do I really need to review the definition of nonstandard again? Because there is NO SUCH THING as "sloppy grammar".
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Date: 2004-05-27 09:22 pm (UTC)"Kabubyrate" is a piece of nonstandard vocabulary (my mother used the word as far back as I can remember). Having fun yet?
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Date: 2004-05-27 09:25 pm (UTC)2. Maybe it wasn't, but it's being used as one, which is clearly what I was talking about AND YOU KNEW IT. So stop splitting hairs. I've got enough split ends as it is.