Replying to myself as we reached the thread limit. Slightly bad form, but I doubt there are many (any) others listening in the thread:
>> You did. Quote "It may annoy you,". But nevermind.
You misinterpret. It may annoy you. It may not. A cat may look at a king.
>> I think you also believe this, we only disagree in which grammatical forms. Or are you arguing that "Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?" is grammatically correct?
I'm arguing that the question is meaningless. Some will sound correct to my ear. Some will not. Some will sound correct to nobody. None of them are "wrong" because there is no authority beyond convention to dictate which is "correct" - and conventions differ between different users of language.
I would never say "on accident" but it would be fatuous to say that it was "wrong" just because I don't use it when millions do.
> ...only disagree on where the line is.
I don't really agree that there's a line. If one person uses an unconventional construction is it wrong? Not really, though they may be hard to understand. Or not. Half the art of great usage of the language is coming up with unconventional forms.
> No bad feelings anyway. Nice chat.
None felt, none intended. Likewise.
>> You did. Quote "It may annoy you,". But nevermind.
You misinterpret. It may annoy you. It may not. A cat may look at a king.
>> I think you also believe this, we only disagree in which grammatical forms. Or are you arguing that "Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?" is grammatically correct?
I'm arguing that the question is meaningless. Some will sound correct to my ear. Some will not. Some will sound correct to nobody. None of them are "wrong" because there is no authority beyond convention to dictate which is "correct" - and conventions differ between different users of language.
I would never say "on accident" but it would be fatuous to say that it was "wrong" just because I don't use it when millions do.
> ...only disagree on where the line is.
I don't really agree that there's a line. If one person uses an unconventional construction is it wrong? Not really, though they may be hard to understand. Or not. Half the art of great usage of the language is coming up with unconventional forms.
> No bad feelings anyway. Nice chat.
None felt, none intended. Likewise.