Prescriptivism: Grammar Shoulds and Shouldn’ts
Streaming video - 2016
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."
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses
2016.
2018. - Language
- English
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- A Kanopy streaming video
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- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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- 00:30:48
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).