But Eble and some others who study the contemporary tongue do not think that bad grammar is necessarily destroying the English language. Instead, some posit, it may be making the way we talk and ...

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As the language spreads, it needs to become more predictable. Taken with previous studies, the new research offers a two-part answer to why grammar rules are built—and lost. As groups grow ...