Democracy, English, and the Wars Over Usage

[Chris Despopoulos <cud -at- telecable -dot- es>]

An essay by David Foster Wallace - in the April issue of Harper's.  Get 
it, read it, then admit that all similar discussions on this list prove 
to be puny by comparison.  A very timely article, and I wish I had read 
it before contributing my 0.02 euros to the subject.  Irregardless, it's 
an interesting read.  (Yes, iregardless apparantly is included in the 
3rd Webster's, so to all Usage-Is-Only-Style enthusiasts, no complaining!)

Really, this article, and its review of the book, A Dictionary of Modern 
American Usage by Bryan A. Garner, is both interesting and (for this 
group) timely.

Cheers          cud


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