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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Adrian Drake writes:
> According to Mirriam Webster (www.m-w.com), it's pronounced either way.
*sigh* Yeah, that's the thing about the English language, it is constantly
evolving (some might say devolving!)-- otherwise I suppose we'd all go around
talking like Chaucer's characters. The rate at which one accepts these changes
is one of the characteristics that distinguishes the more conservative
grammarians from the progressive ones. You may be glad to hear (or maybe not!)
that, thanks in part to Star Trek, all but the most stodgy grammarians (in the
U.S. anyway) have loosened up on splitting infinitives-- although if I were to
boldly surmise, I would say you wouldn't catch them doing it themselves! :-)
Maggie
Old grammarians never die... they just slip into commas.
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steve Bliss writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> >
> > > Yes on both counts! Here's one that was pointed out to me long ago by a
> > > Ph.D. in biology: "dissect" does NOT rhyme with "bisect". The "dis-" has
> > > the same short i as in the word "discord".
> >
> > There are people who really pronounce dissect with a short i? Wow. I've
> > never heard it that way.
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