>It would be gratifying if people who engage in
discussions about
>literature in English of whatever genre would use the
English language
>with a decent minimum of skill.
Ooo ... I never knew anal retentive grammarians stooped to
mysteries ...
learn something every day ... oh and before you get your
panties in a wad
... that's "anal retentive" in the common use not the
definitive. Thank
you for your time.
Actually ... it'd be gratifying if some would remember that
language is
nothing more than a tool of communication and that while it
may not have
been grammatically correct the majority of the speakers of
any lingo are
intelligent enough to understand what was meant. Besides ...
if grammar
was all it was knocked up to be Shakespeare wouldn't be one
of the greatest
English writers of all time ... I mean really, how could he
possibly be so
when grammar didn't exist at the time?
Just to remain on topic for shit's-n-giggles ... I find
Hamlet to be the
epitome of the hard-boiled character ... "to be or not to be
... that is
the question."
----
volente Deo,
Anthony
jackechs@erols.com or ICQ #3717510
<http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4640>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/4640/
"You know how some people say they if they
couldn't write, they couldn't live? I don't get that. If
I
couldn't write, I'd go back to selling shoes. I have
three kids to support."
George P. Pelecanos, 1998
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