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- Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 13:48:57 EST
- From: <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
- Message-ID: <92327.134857HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Arguing about language
- References: <1992Nov18.063613.2724@Princeton.EDU> <98361@netnews.upenn.edu>
- <1992Nov19.232920.25852@Princeton.EDU> <98529@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- In article <98529@netnews.upenn.edu>, crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L.
- Crawford) says:
- >
- >Some of my best friends don't talk so good. In fact, my dearly beloved
- >flays the language daily. But when he says, "She don't care," I don't
- >correct him. Fortunately, he doesn't say it too often. Do I accept the
- >usage of "don't" rather than "doesn't" as good English in that context? NO.
- >It's hideous, it grates on the ear, and it's wrong.
-
- You say "in that context" and yet you don't really give any context.
- At any rate, you don't *really* wish, do you, that the Beatles had
- sung "She's got a ticket to ride but she doesn't care...my baby doesn't
- care"? I venture to suggest that that would not have been an improvement
- on their original lyric. What do you mean, "it's wrong"? Surely
- Lennon and McCartney weren't wrong, considering they were more
- popular than Jesus Christ.
-
- H.
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- Herschel Browne
- "The" American University
-