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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok, now we're starting to assign value judgments to these symbols. Those of privilege are well-spoken and everyone who uses grammar incorrectly is uneducated, and we know how unsavory that is. *fans self with ivory-ribbed fan inherited from great-grandmother*[/quote]

You are the one reading the value judgment into that statement. Also you need to work on your reading comprehension.

And yes, I think it is reasonable to expect a purportedly educated person to know the most basic rules of grammar.  Do you teach your kids to say "give she the toy" and "her wented to the store with he?"  Because that's what it sounds like to me when people say "give it to her and I."   This is not complicated stuff.  If someone routinely sent you emails that said "forward the draft to I" would you not wonder about that person?[/quote]

Look, doofus. There is a difference in saying displaying this trait will put you in Group A. This trait would put you in Group B. In this case, status is the separation.

It is another thing to say Group A > Group B, therefore the traits of one indicate superiority to the other.[/quote]

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