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- From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
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- Subject: Re: Arguing about language
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:44:37 GMT
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- In article <By2MLx.Ey2@dcs.ed.ac.uk> pdc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley) writes:
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- >I certainly think it's fair to set a much higher standard and expect
- >Standard English in written language.
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- Why?
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