Welcome to the great prescriptive/descriptive dictionary debate. Some of us prefer the dictionaries to lead, not to follow.
My current teeth-clencher is "cachet," which seems to have become "cache." Which might make sense with an accent on the e, but would still be wrong. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:06 PM, <d...@flids.net> wrote: > If it's whatever the usage says it is, then what's the purpose of teaching > grammar in the first place? (not that it does much good anyway). > It can be *intended to be* whatever the usage says it is. That doesn't make > it correct. :) > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
