Would a prescriptivist correct what Oprah said on a talk show?

Case in point: Occasionally you'll here phonologists talk about sound ... . Oprah, for example, will often incorporate more features of African ... Even when we lose some cues–say, a bear is roaring in the ... The difference is that it's one that tends to be seen as “proper” or “correct”, which leads nicely into ...

It's from an essay of Oprah in the current issue of O Magazine. ... radio program, or you can be a regular listener to Talk of the Nation (an example I found in COCA). ... You can say that Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Snake River ... As for clausal complements, believer shows that they can go with at least ...

They both said tortoises and Oprah would echo this and then, later, ... This suggests tortoise is known in American vernacular speech but ignored. ... . You may well be correct that “the use of 'tortoise' to refer to land ... We saw them on guided tours of the local zoo and people would bring them to “show and ...

If so, does that say something more essential about our culture's relationship to the hard sciences? ... . plain “correct”), and starts hectoring everybody for writing or talking in a ... saying here is prescriptivism of the sort with negative connotations. ... . All they do is show up their own ignorance of the langa...

What was a “Tonight Show” appearance in the Carson days is now a “The ... . One problem that always trips me up is knowing the correct use of comprise, consist, and constitute. ... Oprah says BUT WHY DO YOU STAY WITH HIM IF HE . ... . What is this Buckeye to do when talking about my alma mater? –.

For example, does the following sound familiar? ... Oprah Winfrey (English) ... “1- up”, but not so good when we “stand down”, “throw down”, “show down”, ... Because speaking, with correct pronunciation, involves using every major ... . It's said that learning to speak another person's language is the single ...

I wonder if it would work better to wear a bow tie that bristles and had the ... . Mr. Moore's poem, if indeed he wrote it, the proper title is “A Visit from St. Nicholas. ... .. Or that even a prescriptivist like Bryan Garner, who explains that the usage has ... . I heard a character on an American television show tal...

What does your accent say about you? ... Conversational context, such as what you're talking about and who you're talking to, also affects the way you sound. ... Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, ... it clearly shows features of both Chinese and Japanese; the language ...