On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
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But wrong nevertheless. It conflates two quite distinct ideas, blurs
the meaning and diminishes the language.
Another English major heard from.
Actually not true. Maths honours, Ph.D. maths, M. Stat. But what
is your point?
I assume you're aware that languages evolve over time in accordance with
common usage.
This is such a tired and tiresome old cliche that it is not worth
responding to.
Read what I wrote and think, rather than glibly reacting with smug
conformism.
cheers,
Rolf Turner
P. S.
One should not aim at being possible to understand, but at
being impossible to misunderstand.
--- Quintilian
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