tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post8570458250541815042..comments2024-02-10T20:49:20.762-05:00Comments on bjkeefe: May?bjkeefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-30506134894789864092013-05-21T10:11:11.402-04:002013-05-21T10:11:11.402-04:00Almost by definition.Almost by definition.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-21364926277093866432013-05-20T11:32:26.733-04:002013-05-20T11:32:26.733-04:00Good writing can break rules.Good writing can break rules.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-2853007062634976022013-05-18T13:42:55.712-04:002013-05-18T13:42:55.712-04:00That ( http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/0...That ( http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/the-role-of-a-dictionary/?hp ) is, IMHO, some of the best writing about writing I've ever read. It just kicks the knees out from under the chiseled-in-stone idea of language that one often encounters from a selection of tightly constricted, often humorless pedants whose last line of defense (and often first...) is to pick at whatever peculiarities someone has chosen to include in a particular argument. And... than that, it really gets to the heart of one aspect of what a language really is.Eponymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015797300434327506noreply@blogger.com