RE: Disapointment (way, way off topic) - even further! (last one) (promise)

[Ted Husted]

I can think of no greater tyranny than for one man to tell another how
to spelle a word. 

-- Thomas Jefferson regarding the first dictionary. 

If English had a formal specification then it might be possible to
resolve its grammar.

But, of course, we all know (much too well) that even with a formal
specification, matters of style persist.

-Ted.