At 01:00 PM 8/15/2002 -0700, Nytemuse wrote: >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). I try very hard not to correct other people's grammar. But it really irritates me when someone "corrects" my grammar when I'm right. I have been bitched at about my (admittedly stubborn) use of the generic "he." I have said, "I'll make a deal with you--I won't complain when you make grammatical errors, if you won't complain when I speak correctly."