[Dixielandjazz] English
Don Robertson
jdrobertson at att.net
Tue Dec 16 08:17:53 PST 2008
How about "goes" instead of "says"
Don Robertson
Napa, CA
Jim Kashishian wrote:
>
>> Yes. There is a determined effort afoot to "dumb down" English in the USA.
>>
> The use of "that" to replace "which" is almost universal.
> Phil Wilking
>
> For someone whose colloquial use English was somewhat "frozen" about 40 yrs
> ago (when I departed them there shores), I find the constant use now of
> "stuff" annoying. Stuff is such an ugly word. Even the Brits are using it.
>
> Jim
>
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