CX

I will have to apologize for my stubborn refusal to let those who abuse and misuse language change my own habits. I'd rather have to go through the rigamrole of explaining to people what the word "Myth" means than simply eliminate it from my personal lexicon. In short I am a pain in the ass, but unlikely to change.

LP675

. Yes you are, although I think your position is probably reasonable.

spin

That's called making it correct, ie it stops being incorrect, like

1. "He's different than his brother."

I shudder. It's obviously weird to any non-American English speaker. Look at this:

2. "He differs from his brother."

Anybody should see that the first is incorrect. Hell, but it ain't no more. It's now just the American way of saying what the English say with

3. "He's different from his brother."

Hopefully this notion of "incorrect" regarding language can be seen to be ultimately of little use. Correct language in English is democratic. And I shudder. But that's the way it is. I guess the important thing is that meaning is conveyed -- one way or another.


spin