milky  +  320277 Fri, 26 Jan 07 01:27 PM Many NES have suggested that we look toward the most highly literate members of society (usually writers) for the continuation of standards of correctness in written grammar, but where should we look for models of correctness in conversation? Does such an authority exist? milky Joined on Thu, Jan 15 2004 Senior Member 3,149 Hume said that if we had perfect or complete descriptive knowledge of reality, we could not, by reasoning, derive a single valid "ought". Grammar, Conversations

	Kimm  +  320329 Fri, 26 Jan 07 03:50 PM For speech, maybe, you'd look to the orators of bygone time - e.g., Winston Churchill.  I don't know though, since I don't find the notion of correctness particularly appealing. For conversation, I wouldn't know where to look.  Even if I did, I'm not sure that I would. /km Kimm Joined on Wed, Jan 17 2007 New Member 41 Grammar, Conversations