tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932726018057833638.post3026170306690387461..comments2023-07-30T02:55:06.220-07:00Comments on All Our Words: That's not always the way, you knowClydesdale Jeffersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631644050118490759noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932726018057833638.post-40964198550846210442013-04-15T07:31:59.728-07:002013-04-15T07:31:59.728-07:00Thanks for that very sensible comment, Jan. Look f...Thanks for that very sensible comment, Jan. Look forward to more!Clydesdale Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631644050118490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932726018057833638.post-3033711656395343532013-04-15T07:23:15.510-07:002013-04-15T07:23:15.510-07:00I think the great peevers of the past couple of ce...I think the great peevers of the past couple of centuries whomped up a bunch of usage guides and they and others sanctified them as holy grammatical writ. That and the undue influence of classical languages (from which we adopted words, but also, alas, grammar ideas inappropriate to our language family). These have hung on with depressing tenacity. Logic, consistency, and style are nice, but are matters of style and example, not rules. -Jann0aaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020996948408839877noreply@blogger.com