I use it when feeling like dressing up my language in formal wear, but my spoken tongue is pretty well business casual. Of course, I'm also a descriptivist rebel who merrily splits infinitives and ends sentences with prepositions and spits in the face of the Latinate rules shoved willy-nilly onto a Germanic language by stick in the mud twerps with some sort of mental hard-on for a dead tongue.

Not that I have strong opinions on the matter.

Heh. This class has made me go, "Wow. That explains A LOT!" many times a day. The Latinate is just the craziest. Also, the "beautifying" of the language of the Bible for King James. They don't tell you that in Fundamentalist churches!

It is falling out of common usage rather quickly

That, I agree with. And clearly,

and ends sentences with prepositions

I do that, too.

I'm all good with change and progress, I would just like it to match exactly (hey, look! I split infinitives, too. ETA: Oh, wait, no I didn't. Carry on.) what I think should and shouldn't change and progress. Is that so, so, very wrong?

Also, the "beautifying" of the language of the Bible for King James. They don't tell you that in Fundamentalist churches!

Butbutbutbut! It wasn't for pretty! It was the seventh purification of the seventh translation of the somethingawhatsit! That proves numerologically that it was the real reinspired word in spite of being a translation of a translation of a translation! Or something!

(also, you can see Russia.)

Of course, I'm also a descriptivist rebel who merrily splits infinitives and ends sentences with prepositions and spits in the face of the Latinate rules shoved willy-nilly onto a Germanic language by stick in the mud twerps with some sort of mental hard-on for a dead tongue.

hi-fives Plei

What she said. I mean, I kinda-sorta know all the "proper" rules, but there are times that I'm amazed I've tricked someone into hiring me as an editor.

One can argue that splitting the infinitive was never specifically wrong in English. When grammar books were finally written, they were based on Latin grammar. In Latin, of course, you can't split an infinitive.

t /pedant

Like that ever closes

One can argue that splitting the infinitive was never specifically wrong in English

And one does. Daily. But do they listen???!!!!?!

Ok...so, 8 months, 12 days, 10 hours, and 50 minutes till I graduate. You will all be so thrilled, I know.

In the meantime, another schoolish thought.

Is Adeline of Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest like the original Mary Sue, or what?

That's why I freelance.

Have a drink.

somehow, I took a glance at that and my mind translated it into "that's why I drink"

Plus, I thought we Buffistae were supposed to move in together on the second visit.

Worked out well for me...

Of course, I'm also a descriptivist rebel who merrily splits infinitives and ends sentences with prepositions and spits in the face of the Latinate rules shoved willy-nilly onto a Germanic language by stick in the mud twerps with some sort of mental hard-on for a dead tongue.

This is so very much me.

And, I'm assuming that vw's prof was speaking as a linguist who is reporting on trends rather than a grammarian who is dictating rules. And, sounds as if he's a descriptivist linguist to boot.

Open house went okay. I had 1 parent show for my 1st period class (7th grade). My other 7th grade was much better represented. My 8th grade classes were okay, too. But my two 6th grade classes were insane. I didn't have enough chairs!

It's nice hearing reports that their kids love my class and it's one of their favorites. Yay!

And, afterwards, the art teacher, band teacher and I went out for adult beverages. Nice reward.