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And while we're on the subject of prescriptivism, here's an obit for the English language which ran in the Washington Post. It may be full of pesky little prescriptions for proper grammar, punctuation and spelling, but I still thought it was funny.

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I, despite my prescriptivist leanings, got a good chuckle too!


It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. -J. Krishnamurti
 
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Ah, yes, quite good! It was a good week for me to read it, too, what with our grammar course and all (in another thread).
 
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Yes, I mentioned this in the Newpaper articles of interest - Part II thread a couple of days ago. To quote Anthony Incognito, "Between you and I, I could care less".


Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
 
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