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OPINION: Edit And Delete: How Standard English Grammar Promotes Silence
December 7, 2018 2:30 am
Posted By: Lily Borak
Things that make my skin crawl: nails on a chalkboard, loud gum-chewing, and hearing someone say “less” when they really should have said “fewer.” With a former English professor for a mother, my latter pet peeve makes sense; ‘proper’ grammar has always come easily and been important to me.
As a child, I constantly corrected friends for using “I” instead of “me,” or “who” instead of “whom”. Later, peer review sessions in high school English classes provided my platforms for policing. With pen in hand, I tore apart every vague pronoun, dangling modifier, and unparallel sentence I could find.
Now, I question my urge to correct. And, to my fellow grammar freaks, I encourage you to do the same.
In the academic setting of a college campus, students and professors alike are encouraged and expected to correct the words of others, perpetuating the prominence of Standard English. While grammatically ‘correct’ writing may indeed aid students in the numerous fields they choose to pursue, we must acknowledge the plurality of languages and dialects quashed and silenced by striving for ‘Standard English.’ [...]
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