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Saying I can only make a claim if I have done a certain study is somewhat absurd, especially when you are, with that suggestion, claiming to be the authority on
by gr3yh47 13y ago
Saying I can only make a claim if I have done a certain study is somewhat absurd, especially when you are, with that suggestion, claiming to be the authority on how to determine what is correct.
- normloman 13y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_description ^^^ Read it for your own good.
- gr3yh47 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_written_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_written_English ^^^ Read it for your own good
- normloman 13y agoAnd I'm sure if you asked editors at big publishing houses or english teachers, most would tell you to prefer "themselves." Themself is a new construction that hasn't caught on. Purveyors of "standard" English have to err on the side of conservatism.
- 70forty 13y agoI gave you a method for determining standard usage.