Re: Writing English.

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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 10:33:41AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
> On 11/24/13 09:30, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:29:19AM +1300, Rolf Turner wrote:
> 
>     <SNIP>
> >>
> >>     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.

Especially when you don't have a good refutation.

>     Read what I wrote and think, 

I did.

rather than glibly reacting with
> smug conformism.

I didn't.

Now that you've told us how marvelous you are, let's get back on the
subject of fedora.

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