[lit-ideas] Re: grades & kleenex
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 20:41:34 -0700
Thank you for your explanations, Harold and Judy. They explain what I
already understood, but I thank you for taking the time to write them.
Judy's lists of examples will come in handy at some point.
I stand by my first post, to the last. I think the solution fails the
ugliness test. It's no use telling me that language changes and so we must
adapt. Of course, of course. I have taught courses on the history of
English. But when fingers scratch the blackboard, when people write English
with a tin ear, using the language as if it were a runabout from
Rent-A-Wreck, I expostulate uselessly. It's a habit.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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