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Title Prescriptivism: Grammar Shoulds and Shouldn’ts

Publication Info. The Great Courses, 2016.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018.
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time 003048
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Performer Anne Curzan
Event Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
Summary Here, investigate prescriptive grammar: the set of rules that tell us what we should and shouldn't do in formal English. Trace the history of specific grammatical rules and of academic usage guides, and note how such guides justify right" vs. "wrong." Learn about historically famous grammarians, whose opinions about usage still influence us today."
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language In English
Subject English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Genre Education films.
Added Author The Great Courses (Firm), Distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
Music No. 2826653 Kanopy
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