On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 04:18:21AM -0500, A. Costa wrote:
> BTW, calling English a "living language" (very true) doesn't mean
> anything goes, or why spellcheck? (And isn't French a living
> language too?) But messages like mine, wrong or right, are among a
> language's vital signs; that its speakers are involved enough to
> attempt maintaining or improving it.
Agreed; and I did accept your other spelling corrections. However, it
was pretty clear to me that "screenful" had since escaped into wide
usage, even if traditionalists might have been disappointed at MW
recognizing this fact. :-)
- Ted
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