Phatic speech and language bullies

Posted by Word Camel on March 31, 2003

Here's a link to an interesting article about language from the Canadian National Post. It ponders split infinitives, phatic speech and other sins of non-standard English.

"I used to be a language bully. When I was in university, my friends and I thought attacking everything that came out of people's mouths..."

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