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And his modesty knows no bounds. :wink: I would argue the points but I can't be bothered as I've broken something on my typing hand. Lucky you.

Well I'm tired of this game of tennis. If it's impossible for either of us (by that I of course mean you) to concede defeat, since we cannot persuade eachother, I'd rather smack the ball right into...

:? You seem to have mistaken me for someone who respects your opinion.

Firstly, may I say that you are being insulting yourself there, IMO. I am just sticking up for the way people actually speak in my experience. I could write a long post on this, but to be honest, I...

The last two sound odd. In speech, almost everyone would just say "addresses" - no Lindzi, joysof, I don't want an explanation of why that's wrong; I know fine well, but it sounds better. In the last...

Yeah, and, like, if you can't remember how to properly use commas, just forget 'em. For real, just do whatever you feel like doing. And don't bother to spell anything correctly, either. And by all...

@ Lindzi
I don't deny you have a point. but I don't care about grammar. If it doesn't seem natural, there's no point losing sleep over it.

@ the others
Regarding "whom", don't worry when to use...

I wholeheartedly agree, but complexity for complexity's sake is pointless. No, joysof, you're right, subtlety doesn't sit well with me. I'd rather you just argued on the basis of your point rather...

Or perhaps that's not a real person, it's just supposed to be sarcastic/funny in some way my tiny brain is incapable of grasping.

Or idioms which I have never heard people use, such as:


No...

I had never heard anyone say "invent" to mean "find" until he said it. I understood straight away because I've learnt Latin for a bit more than a year, but it seemed ridiculous to me, when "find" is...

Was that double-meaning intentional? If not you could have avoided using the word "invent" and chosen the far-less-snobby "find" - speaking in Latin will not impress me, nor I suspect many others.

The hypocrisy of the first section of the quote amuses me.

Yes, I do decide myself. Who else is going to decide how I speak? I don't need other people to tell me how to speak my own language.
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No. I don't like them because I have a well-developed critical faculty.

‘I had long lamented, that we had no lawful standard of our language set up, for those to repair to, who might choose to...

What is your problem with me not understanding your UK comment? If it's so simple that it can be understood by reading it again, could someone more reasonable explain it to me please?

Also, how...

Nope. I stil have no idea what you meant.

BTW you cannot say French is unadulterated - it is Latin that has evolved Oh, sorry I'm not allowed to say that, am I? It is incorrect Latin. My mistake....

1)What? Why did you say that? Are you in some way suggesting that it is "incorrect" to say the United Kingdom? If you are then i have to point out that there is officially no "the."

2)Have you...

It is indeed a strange phenomenon. I'm sure someone else will have a proper explanation, but untill then, think of this:

The United Kingdom
Great Britain

That confuses it even further, because...