There are two kinds of grammarians, those who describe and those who prescribe. In the academic world, the prescribers are usually viewed as the conservative old guard. The descriptarians are usually seen as the activists, young bucks who believe the task of grammarians is to map or chart how speakers use their language and note its changes over time.

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Gary Kibbins is an artist, writer and educator, currently teaching in the Department of Film Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. His works have been widely show nationally and internationally.

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