----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> To: "Philip Hart" <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 5:20 PM Subject: RE: duh! > I'd never in a million years have identified Mark as a prescriptivist. > I'll admit I had to look that term up. I was amused at the result, in my opinion it's a null term. Language is a living thing, how can one judge it? What standard do you use? Just pick a date and call that particular style correct? Of course, I slip into several different languages and dialects without thinking about it, so it shouldn't be surprising that I wouldn't find the term particularly meaningful. Jeff G.