--- Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > At 10:16 PM 8/15/2002 -0400, James and Mary Burbidge > wrote: > >Mark A Mandel wrote: > >_My_ bete noire, however, is not "hopefully", but > the breakdown in the > >distinction between "shall" and "will". > > Hmmm. I believe I shall pick up that banner myself. I love what The American Heritage Book of English Usage has to say about that-- the traditional rules vs. reality-- at http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/056.html My favorite is this: "In America, people who try to adhere to [the rules] run the risk of sounding pretentious or haughty." ~M ===== Michelle "Black holes are where God divided by zero." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com