Rules of grammar are not set in stone
Delma Denton and her grandson recently had a friendly difference over grammar.
"He believes that what we call ‘proper grammar’ can change over time,” she said. "I have always believed that proper grammar has been set in stone, so to speak, and that it does not change in any society, nor in any decade.”
For example, she said, "ain’t” will never be accepted as goo...
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