Martial arts maestro Bruce Lee in his book, “Striking Thoughts,” stated that “Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” I encountered his book in the gift shop of ...
As I’ve noted before, while I have philosophical disagreements with prescriptivists about English usage, my main practical disagreements are with people who might be labeled “assertionists.” These are ...
SO-CALLED "descriptivists" and "prescriptivists" in language love to hate each other. It's dirty hippies versus fascists, permissivists versus authoritarians, or, in neutral terms, those who talk ...