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; This paper, a small part of a larger project which explores thel effects of linguistic insecurity on production, discusses the negative attitudes toward of some of the presenc-day language elite--those who take pleasure in or earn their livelihood by Correcting every-body-else,;-Linguistic insecurity is, then, the feeling that many Americans have that thelir use of is full of errors, unskillful, or gauche. Edwin Newman's attitudes toward contemporary (basically, that Imerica will be the death of the English language) are summarized. In addition, the results of a study documented in'the Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage are described. In this study, 136 distinguished consultants on usage (Isaac Asimov, Charles Kuralt, Peter Prescvtt, and others) took a yes/no stand on questions of usage and commented on their responses. (KS)
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