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Tag Archives: Vizetelly
Hoary witticisms and other prescriptivist jokes
In going through our usage guides, we occasionally come across linguistic jokes – not terribly funny, admittedly, but they apparently appeal to writers on usage. And they have done so from the earliest days of the usage guide tradition onwards, … Continue reading
Posted in usage guide
Tagged flat adverbs, Vizetelly, Webster's Dictionary of English Usage
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Hain’t
Have you ever heard anybody say hain’t? Have you seen it written down somewhere for have not or has not? Until this morning I was totally unfamiliar with the expression. To be honest, I only knew of the existence of … Continue reading
Posted in usage features, usage guide
Tagged ain't, hain't, usage, usage guides, usage problem, usage trends, Vizetelly
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