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skids Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-05 01:57 AM
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16. Sorry, my loyalty is to grammar first.

Proper names are capitalised not out of respect, but because it is good grammar. So, sorry, I will continue to write proper American English.
My horrible typing does a bad enough job of promoting the decay of our language.

Honestly, while I get your point -- adopt the strategy of "word wrangling" to our advantage -- such a departure from normal language will do nothing to convince fence-sitters that they should listen to you. They will shove you in the same box as the Maoists who insist on inserting the letter "k" everywhere and repeating the same catchy sequences of adjectives over and over again.

I would welcome helpful, grammar-friendly suggestions as to how to utilize "word wrangling" to our advantage, however.

(Hey look, I used a compound-complex, hyphenated adjective! My 7th grade English teacher would be so proud!)

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