Hey, "common usage" is one of my favorite windmills to tilt at.
It was no less an essayist than Montaigne who essayed, "Those who would combat usage with grammar make fools of themselves." This after a couple of paragraphs of same, though, which was entertaining.
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Date: 2003-10-21 03:10 pm (UTC)It was no less an essayist than Montaigne who essayed, "Those who would combat usage with grammar make fools of themselves." This after a couple of paragraphs of same, though, which was entertaining.