Reading for W 4/20: Nunberg (1983) & Simon (1980b), excerpt #1

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For next Wednesday 4/20, please complete the following two readings, both of which can be downloaded from the Readings section of our course website:

Nunberg, Geoffrey. 1983, December. The decline of grammar. The Atlantic Monthly.

Simon, John. 1980b. Destroying Good Words.  (Excerpted from Paradigms Lost: Reflections on Literacy and its Decline. New York: Penguin.)