2nd August 2008, 13:02
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MisterStretch
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Re: What is Thai Culture Exactly.
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Originally Posted by robitusson
Latin grammar and English grammar are distinctly different. If English was based on Latin grammar ,we would be conjugating verbs and declining nouns.
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'Present-day conceptions of "correctness" are to a large extent based on the notion, prominent in the 18th century, that language is of divine origin and hence was perfect in its beginnings but is constantly in danger of corruption and decay unless it is diligently kept in line by wise men who are able to get themselves accepted as authorities, such as those who write dictionaries and grammars. Latin was regarded as having retained much of its original "perfection."... When English grammars came to be written, they were based on Latin grammar, even down to the terminology... The most important eighteenth century development in the English language was its conscious regulation by those who were not really qualified for the job, but who managed to acquire authority as linguistic gurus'
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