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"The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay in the narrow path she helped make, following the contour of the land, but she often profits by staying with it and she would be handicapped if she didn’t know where it was
or where it led to."
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The living language is like a cowpath
I believe White is trying to apologize for having popularized the that-which / restrictive-non-restrictive silliness while not personally following it in his writings.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Eh? How do you figure? Oh--obviously you're more familiar with his writing than I am.
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The living language is like a cowpath which explains why some of the rules are bullshit.
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The living language is like a cowpath which explains why some of the rules are bullshit. Hah! Good one. LLOL
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The living language is like a cowpath which explains why some of the rules are bullshit. well played, sir. NPR Commentator: Who Needs a Manual to Write Real Good?
Last edited by AlexNoVA; 09/09/09 01:29 PM.
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