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ERIC Number: EJ254967
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Dec
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Not All Errors Are Created Equal: Nonacademic Readers in the Professions Respond to Lapses in Usage.
Hairston, Maxine
College English, v43 n8 p794-806 Dec 1981
Reports on a survey of how laypeople responded to errors in usage, their attitudes toward the acceptability of certain errors, and the values they placed on certain language styles. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Error Analysis (Language), Grammatical Acceptability, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Styles, Sociolinguistics, Standard Spoken Usage, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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