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Thread #154703 Message #3631411
Posted By: Lighter
08-Jun-14 - 12:14 PM
Thread Name: BS: Grammar Question: that he/she/it have
Subject: RE: BS: Grammar Question: that he/she/it have
The point of teaching "correct usage" - when the sense of an utterance isn't at issue - is to keep the student from being thought illiterate or incompetent by future, unknown readers or interlocutors.