Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Wallace (again)
After finishing my reading of Wallace's "Tense Present" my stand on what it is about is a little different. Yes he is still complaining, but not just because of the people making the definitions, he's complaining because no one seems to care about how the language is used anymore, hence when talking about Garner's Dictionary he says: "and his [Garner's] attitude about the fact that most Americans "could care less isn't scorn or disapproval " ". I AM aware that Garner's dictionary is not an actual dictionary but rather a wordy book on how to use the language, but I still stand on just about everything else I said.
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