"See Jane Run. Run Jane Run."

Funny, I always thought it was Spot who did all the running ...

Anyway I agree with Ali's general direction. The use of language is like any other art form; beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is absolutely no "science" of language use (and linguistics, which interests us all, is likewise not a real science)[ducking for cover emoticon]. There are a few general rules which almost everyone follows, but even they're not sacrosanct since our fallible but extremely accomplished pattern-matching mechanisms can even deal with exceptions to them. And like any other art form, lots of people like to try out new techniques and media ...

This makes for great material for curmudgeons to rail against, but it doesn't make their whinging any more valid! And I whinge with the best of 'em if it suits me.


The idiot also known as Capfka ...