Just seen a nice little imaginary fight about this, referencing different ages of
English: https://goo.gl/AR7M3N.
And like the Economist article, also useful for teaching history of English!
Dave
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On 20/04/2017 10:40, Dave Sayers wrote:
> Nice bit of pop linguistics from The Economist about this ongoing debate:
> https://goo.gl/FXEPDm. I especially liked the historical comparison with ye-you;
> that'll tie in nicely with teaching the history of English!
>
> Singularly yours,
> Dave
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