'significant number' being the important point. Your use of 'significany' ... illustrate the point previously, and have now done so again. So are you suggesting that "usage" is something that is done (a) by a significant

OK, how about "today's abusage is tomorrow's usage"? To my ... is adopting a value judgement that other may not accept. 'significant number' being the important point. Your use of 'significany' above was almost

To my mind, if a significany number of people use a particular linguistic entity, then it's a current usage. To call some current usages "abusage" is adopting a value judgement that other may not accept. Inevitably language changes,

OK, how about "today's abusage is tomorrow's usage"? To my mind, if a significany number of people use a particular linguistic entity, then it's a current usage. To call some current usages "abusage" is adopting a

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Hi, I have a few questions about English usage: 1. I've noticed some people use "'phone" as an abbreviation for "telephone", is this correct Yes. and if so which is more correct; "phone" or

I am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. I would ... like to find workbooks or software that allows me to develop and test my usage. Does anyone have any

Mier-Iema wrote on 13 Feb 2005: I am searching for books that explain every known grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization rule in unabridged detail. I would ... like to find workbooks or software that allows me to develop and test

(snip) I must be missing something. I don't recall ever seeing ... words, then the manufacturers would have to include numbers. Right? "Valid words"? In Scrabble, even such ordinary words as "can't" or

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