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certain to happen (even if one tried to prevent it)
- To which Simon replies, "Maybe change is inevitable ....one — The Language Wars (54% in)
- , maybe dying from cancer is also inevitable, but I don't think we should help it along.one — The Language Wars (54% in)
- William Raspberry of the Washington Post approvingly quoted one of the plaintiff lawyers: "When a 5-year-old has his language system treated as inferior from his first day of school, the resulting psychological damage is inevitable.six — Bad-mouthing Black English (53% in)
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