Mark J. Reed wrote:
>RB> Where have I mentioned "good language"?
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>Joe> For me, it was an inherent statement in your argument. I do hear
>Joe> _vernacular_ Anglophones saying "ain't do nothing". If they use it,
>Joe> it have to be English.
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>No, you have misinterpreted Ray's comment for the third time.
>He was not prescribing. He was saying that "ain't do nothing" does not,
>in his experience, occur in *any* variety of English, no matter how
>vernacular or idiomatic or nonstandard or whatever.
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'twasn't me who said that. I'd just like to point that out.