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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
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  3. From: mmmirash@banshee.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mandar M. Mirashi)
  4. Subject: Re: Arguing about language
  5. Sender: usenet@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Usenet Administrator)
  6. Message-ID: <By3G49.E87@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
  7. Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 01:28:54 GMT
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  13. In article <By2MLx.Ey2@dcs.ed.ac.uk> pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) writes:
  14. >
  15. >I certainly think it's fair to set a much higher standard and expect
  16. >Standard English in written language.
  17. >_____                                __
  18. >\\ // Paul Crowley pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk /o \/
  19. > \X/  "I'm the boy without a sole"  \__/\
  20.  
  21. I mildly disagree with you Paul. It is certainly fair to set a standard
  22. in *formal* written English, but it is impossible to set a standard in
  23. informal writing.
  24.       
  25.                                                               Mandar.
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  28. "Space the final frontier" - Star Trek.
  29. "Try to see it my way, only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong"
  30.                                                          - The Beatles
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