Language Police
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This is a page devoted to debunking all those lanuage myths which certain individuals feel compelled to enforce as if they were the law. This behavior is sometimes referred to as "Linguistic Prescriptivism", or "Normative Grammar."
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Web pages
- Prescriptivism in Wikipedia
- Resources on Prescriptivism (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ling/pires/211resources/prescriptive.htm) maintained by Rusty Barrett
- Guide to Grammar and Style (http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/index.html) By Jack Lynch
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Articles
- The Wrong-Headedness of Linguistic Self-Righteousness (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pagliere/subtopics/language/vrarticle.html) by Alan Pagliere
- Tech Writers, Grammar, and the Prescriptive Attitude (http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/magazine/writing/grammar.html) by Bruce Byfield
- Jane Austen and other famous authors violate what everyone learned in their English class (http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/austheir.html#X1a) by Henry Churchyard
- Prescriptivism (http://www.lsadc.org/fields/index.php?aaa=prescriptivism.htm) on the Lingusitic Society of America Web Site.
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Blog Posts
- Populist Linguistics (http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000506.php) at Language Hat
- A Field Guide to Prescriptivists (http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000753.html) at Language Log
- In defense of linguistic prescriptivism (http://pedantry.fistfulofeuros.net/archives/000541.html) at Pedantry
- haud negassim (http://www.bisso.com/ujg_archives/000315.html) at Uncle Jazzbeau’s Gallimaufrey
- Sidney Goldberg on NYT grammar: zero for three (http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001461.html) at "LanguageLog"
- split infinitives (http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001466.html) at LanguageLog
- Original English Movement (http://www.languagehat.com/archives/001572.php) at LanguageHat
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Books
- American Tongue and Cheek, by Jim Quinn (ISBN 0140060847)
