I am surprised, Amos, that you would not back me up fully when I make pompous and pedantic corrections such as I have just made to others' poor uses of English. Yes, I am very surprised! Could it be that you have a secondary reason for not doing so? An ulterior motive? A hidden agenda? I think so. I think you are opposing me just for the sheer pleasure of it, you scoundrel.

If the positions were reversed, would I be so low as to do the same to you? Would I???

Hmmmm.

Well, possibly I would. ;-D

Meanwhile the English language deteriorates before our very eyes. Shocking! Disturbing. Quasi-dimensional. Strange. Offbeat. Jejeune. Possibly even heretical.

But what does it all mean in teleological or heuristic terms of reference?

And what would Spaw say?