Thanks, Herb--always happy to see prescriptive grammarians take a lick. Somebody once wrote (and I paraphrase) that English teachers were the morticians of the language and that, once a certain feature or "rule" died out, they were the only ones at the funeral. John On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Stahlke, Herbert <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The Subject line is not original. It comes from an interesting article in > the Wall Street Journal > > > http://www.livemint.com/2012/07/30210221/English-and-the-language-polic.html > > about the recent demise of the Queen's English Society. > > Herb > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/