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Language Log: The longue duree is not our forte
An article about English usage by Candace Murphy in the Oct. 25 edition of “Inside Bay Area” (a publication of the Oakland Tribune) underscores the pitfalls of the “Recency Illusion” that Arnold Zwicky has eloquently blogged about in this space…. The article, entitled “Good Words Gone Bad,” takes the typical hell-in-a-handbasket approach to “language abuse,” despite objections from the very experts that Murphy quotes.
Last updated on Saturday, October 29, 2005
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