[G4] Correct English Flame [Skirmish]

[Richard Smallwood]

On 23 Feb 2009, at 9:32 PM, John Baltutis wrote:

> On 2/23/09, Robert H. Baucom" <rbtbcm at owc.net> wrote:
>> On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:56 AM, keith_w wrote:
>>
> <snip>
>
>>> This is a lot of fun, and educational at the same time!
>>> Keep it up ~ there is room for a little deviation from time to time.
>>> Especially in the interests of keeping reasonable American English
>>> alive and well.
>>>
>>      If you wish for this dissection of the English Language to go to
>> a more academic level, I would suggest that you read "Mighty Fine
>> Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense
>> of Transatlantic English" by Orin Hargraves. I bought it for
>> translation of English Slang and found that while covering the
>> different meanings between the US and England; it also
>> discusses the evolutionary process of the English language's
>> dynamics in different countries and racial groups.
>
> And, I'm fond of Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" and  
> Truss's "Eats,
> Shoots and Leaves."

Oh hurt, hurt, hurt - old sick joke!
Okay, fine, want to see correct English at its worse -
<http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/>