RE: Grammar Q

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Tim Mantyla wrote:

English is such a mongrel (or muttly, mutt-like or muttish?) 
language that there appears to be an exception to *every* rule. 

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Sometimes it helps to remember that English was essentially created to
facilitate the pickup of Saxon barmaids by Norman soldiers.  It still
works pretty well for that application; we only encounter problems when
we try to extend its use beyond the original design.

Gee, where have tech writers heard _that_ excuse before?  <G>

Dori Green

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