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Father Steve, though I know it is useless to argue with a prescriptivist, what the heck, here goes. It's not that I don't care how you use none, it's just that I care how I (and some others) use none. To my ear, none is dead sounds bad. None are dead sounds right. If you need to censure me, go ahead.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Dear zmjezhd ~
I don't need to censure anybody 'cause I'm not mad at anybody. My guess is that there is something, either in the physiological structures of the brain or in personality type, which determines whether a person will tend toward prescriptivism or descriptivism. Thus, arguing about which is better, more noble, more enlightened or cuter, is about as useful as arguing whether blue eyes are better than brown ... or whether Tuesdays are better than Thursdays.
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Dear Father Steve--
I think it's more a matter of nurture than nature, but yes, It really isn't worth arguing about and what all.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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redundancy?
More of an oxymoron?
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whether Tuesdays are better than Thursdays.
It's obvious to me that Tuesdays are better than Thursdays; Tuesdays is when Schickele Mix is on and Thursdays has nothing better to offer than A Night on the Town.
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Muslim people keep Friday as the day of rest. The Qur'an refers to Friday as the "king of days."
Jewish people keep Saturday as the day of rest. They reckon that, on this day, God rested after creating the world.
Most Christian people keep Sunday as the day of rest because it is the Day of Resurrection. Seventh-Day Adventists are the exception.
The Baha'i keep Friday as their day of rest.
Many Eastern Orthodox Christians honour Saint John the Baptist on Tuesdays, if there is no other saints day appointed to the calendar date.
An old German tradition holds that Thursday is the unluckiest day of the week, so much so that people avoided signing contracts or being married on a Thursday.
In India, Saturday is considered in some place to be unlucky because of its connection with Sani, the God of Misfortune.
In Roman Catholic tradition, Saturday is devoted to the veneration of the Blessed Virgin, the first Saturday of the month, especially.
The difference between the days of the week is found in what people ascribe to the them.
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I've been cross-thread-mantled... or is it just a propensity to *scribe 'what all'.
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monday's child is fair of face
tuesday's child is full of grace
wednesday's child is loving and giving
thursday's child has to work for a living
friday's child is full of woe
saturday's child has far to go
but the child born on the lord's own day
is wise and good and fair and gay.
or i learned--back when gay most happy and joyful. but i suppose it doesn't matter the meaning.
so tuesday isn't quite the same as thurdays--
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I've been cross-thread-mantled
Is that painful at all? Does aspirin help?
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