milky  +  211253 Fri, 31 Mar 06 06:07 AM Just received this text from a colleague of mine (he didn't give me the source). Would you say that the writer is claiming that informal/conversational English is incorrect use? "Swan is a strong descriptivist who often classifies things differently from more prescriptive grammarians.  What swan calls correct, I would call informal/conversational.  What he calls excessively formal, I would call standard and correct." She's/He's referring Michael Swan, I presume. 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". Resume, Conversational English

	Mister Micawber  +  211581 Sat, 01 Apr 06 08:51 AM S/he seems to be, but may just work under a different definition of 'correct'. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,754 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'