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Originally Posted by M56 The context is what gives logic to the utterance. If anyone were to say to me "You say food is necessary to life, but how necessary is it?", I would think they were nuts. If someone said "You say standard grammar study is necessary to life, but how necessary is it?", I would find that need for qualification quite acceptable. Why? Because the first is not based on a subjective viewpoint, but the second is. |
Yes.
And it seems that some posters can't separate their ideas about what they think is good writing from spoken language. They're far too critical. And I don't think these posters actually live up to the standards of how they think English should be "spoken" in reality.