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And I like end-placed prepositions and sentences beginning with conjunctions. Some of these old grammatic shibboleths need to be tossed out with the bathwater, and don't bother shouting gardyloo.
(I highly recommend David Crystal's The Fight for English for much more on this topic.)
-joe (to boldly rant) friday
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