Dear teachers
what 's the difference bwt "by the way vs. but" ?
from Jaemie
Aren't we all?I'm getting old.
Age brings wisdom and the ability to see all sides of a question. (or perhaps it's just crankiness and inconsistency);-)Aren't we all?
The sad thing about this is that I find myself thinking. "Why do they debase our beautiful language in this way?' Five minutes later, I am writing in this forum to remind some fuddy-duddy pedant that the language changes and that they should not insist on forms that may have been 'correct' when they were at school.
I have not only grown old, but also, apparently hypocritical.
I like to think that in my case it's the words in blue that are appropriate. Most people who know me insist that it's the words in red. They are entitled to their opinions of course (which proves the aptness of the words in blue), no matter how moronic those opinions might be (which ...)Age brings wisdom and the ability to see all sides of a question. (or perhaps it's just crankiness and inconsistency);-)