"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 04, 2013, 20:09
Kalleh
Bob, your link doesn't seem to work.
December 04, 2013, 22:03
BobHale
should be ok now
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
December 06, 2013, 20:13
Kalleh
Well, Bob, as you know, I find this hilarious. I wanted to send it to our editors, but thought better of it...
December 07, 2013, 07:00
Geoff
It explains why I have no friends.
December 08, 2013, 20:44
Kalleh
Geoff, I don't see you as a prescriptivist. You seem quite open to others' views, at least here on WC. I see prescriptivists as quite one-sided - "It's my way or the highway!" There are things I, or others here, am a prescriptivist about, but I can tolerate the other side. I know, for example, that Shu cannot stand the misuse of "lie" vs. "lay," but he isn't a jerk about it. Prescriptivists are jerks about their perception of errors. I am a stickler about "few" vs. "less." But I know that both are accepted.
I wanted to send it to our editors, but thought better of it...