Happy birthday to my favorite prescriptivist

I owe the man many a passing grade. Cheers

He's not noted much in these parts, but I have a soft spot for him....

I'm crushed. I thought you meant me.

Henry Fowler.

He's my fave, too, Anna. For his humor, his ampersands, and his even-handedness, none of the current host of screaming meemees of apostropholatry can touch with a three and half meter pole.