alexy wrote:


But I think you and I are on the losing side of the word purity
battle--incorrect usage repeated often enough becomes "common usage",
which in turn becomes "correct".


You mean like "Analyzating" or when Bush says "nuculer" when he means
"nuclear" or "subliminate" when he means "subliminal?" Or why he mixes
up
perseverance and preservation? Why does he mangle the English language
often enough for Slate Editor Jacob Weisberg to produce three books of
Bushisms such as "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your
family."

8^)

Monk