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