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Saginaw Valley State University - FALL 2010 | ||
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Spreading the Word: Language and Dialect in America by John H. Mcwhorter Paperback, 83 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-325-00198-7 / 0325001987 ISBN-13: 978-0-325-00198-2 / 9780325001982 The idea that there is one "best" English is so intuitively plausible and so relentlessly inculcated in us that it is only natural to attempt to uphold this "Standard" among our students. Our error is in thinking that anything that deviates from this Standard is wrong. In Spreading the Word, lingui |