Now, there's bad grammar....and then there's bad grammar. I certainly wouldn't think of changing Oscar Hammerstein's "Ol' Man River"....even though Paul Robeson changed it every damn time he recorded it. Robeson never could find the proper balance between authenticity and Political Correctness.

But there are times when breaking the rules of grammar is the right thing to do, and other times when it's just stupid.

If a songwriter were to use the phrase, "for all intensive purposes," I think I'd be right to change it when I put it in print. Same with "alright" and "noone."

And although Dick Miles may disagree with me, I don't think it's right for an American songwriter to use British spelling. To my mind, it's authentic for a Brit to write like a Brit, but pretentious for an American to write that way.

A cad and a bounder? Come now, Dick! [tee-hee]

-Joe-