Prescriptivism: Grammar Shoulds and Shouldn’ts
(2018, original release: 2016)

Nonfiction

eCourse

Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2016
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
2826653
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

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."

Film

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Anne Curzan

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016

Mode of access: World Wide Web

In English

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