Re: Argh! Grammatical pain!!

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:30:25 +0000, Charles Bishop wrote:

> Not a linguist, but if the phrase has entered the language, isn't it
> 'right'
>
> charles, shave ice

After a while and general acceptance, yes. But I'm one of the auld farts
who fights a change that decreases the accuracy of language and only gives
in, well, probably posthumously.

"Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, 1711
English poet & satirist (1688 - 1744)

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Cathy F

“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its
being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say
what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an
outrage.” --Winston Churchill
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