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Subject:Re: English is evolving.. what to do? what to do? From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH2 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 6 Mar 1996 07:15:37 MST
Trey Jones <TJones -at- dataware -dot- com> wrote-->
> Thoughts? Experiences? Flames? (Asbestos Underware in place - fire at will.)
I'm not a linguist, nor have I ever studied linguistics.
However, I did look it up in the dictionary. ;-)
I don't think it is fair to compare linguistic rules with
grammar rules. They are not the same. I think linguistics deals
with human speech, regardless whether it is grammatically
correct or not. Just because a particular sentence follows the
positional rules of linguistics does not make that sentence
correct grammatically.
It may not be apples and oranges, but it may be oranges and
grapefruit.
=*= Beverly Parks -- bparks -at- huachuca-emh2 -dot- army -dot- mil =*=
