Philosophers' Café

The death of proper English

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 3:00 PM

Twitter, texting, popular music, multiple literacies, and “Englishes”. Is grammatical correctness dying? Should we care?

Date(s): Saturday, March 24, 2012, 3 pm

Location: La Zuppa! Restaurant, 1544 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver | Map

Admission: Free

Related topic(s): Liberal Arts and Sciences

Moderator

Sean Zwagerman is an associate professor of English at SFU, specializing in rhetoric and composition.

About the Philosophers' Café

Philosophers’ Café is a series of informal public discussions in libraries, cafés, and restaurants throughout Metro Vancouver. The cafés, which are open to everyone, have brought dialogue and discussion to thousands of people who are interested in exploring issues from the absurd to the sublime. To learn more about the Philosophers’ Café, please visit their website.

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