On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > Personaly, whenever I learn about a words "proper" usage, I > prefer to use it as such. It's one of the reasons I've > grown more interested in language and the words we use, where > they came from, and what they mean, used to mean, and "should" > mean. Yes, over time words change their meaning as people > bastardize them (harsh word, I know:) But I tend to enjoy > older works because of the language used. Hence my total > enjoyment of authors like Milton, Poe, Lovecraft, and others. > The timelessness of their writing is meaningful to me. Not > only that, but they teach, by their word usage, a more complete > understanding of the language. An amusing side note; there was a David Letterman rerun last night with Will Smith (just before MIB2 came out) and my roommate told me that he heard an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith once who complained that Will corrected her grammar on a regular basis *giggle* and I have to respect that. I use proper usage when I find out about them, and try and tell others (politely). ****** NyteMuse "Call her life unnatural, feel her undead breath. Color her black for sorcery, color her gray for death." AIM: NyteMuse139 / ICQ: #21966269 (NyteMuse) MSN: NyteMuse / Yahoo!ID: NyteMuse http://www.crowfire.com