Part one of term paper
The English language is constantly growing and changing. Necessity or fashion is always creating new words. Traditional grammarians examine the usage of these new words, as well as older more established words. The traditional grammarians have upheld the standards of language usage for centuries. Opposing the traditional grammarians is the ...

Part two of term paper
... language, it will never end. The only judge of “correctness” for language is its usage. “We must make choices and arrange words in patterns of sense and form, accessible to other people. These choices and patterns are usage” (Bishop xxi). Traditional grammarians firmly upheld the standards for language usage and were the commanding authority during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when good grammar was a distinct sign of “breeding, station, and intellect” (Bishop xxi). ...