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SYSK Choice: How to Train a Human (or Dog) & Why English Has Changed

Something You Should Know

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The Language Has Certainly Changed in the Last 600 Years

The language has certainly changed in the last 600 years. And some people, I guess, would consider that changed to be a degradation. But really, it's more like an evolution. Language evolves all the time. There are prestige forms of English and there are stigmatized forms of English. The one that is conventionally regarded as the prestige form doesn't mean that it's better or more proper. From a linguistic point of view, it's just another variety of English.

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