On 21/09/2007, at 6:52 AM, Dave Land wrote: > > "Ad-hominem" used incorrectly, leading to correction. > > Perhaps we would all do well to stick with English?
It *is* English. It may be a Latin-rooted description, but many technical words are. Would you say that using scientific or legal terminology incorrectly (again mostly Latin or Greek rooted) is a good thing? Probably not. So why is using grammatical (litotes, zeugma for example) or logical descriptions incorrectly any better? Did my correction offend you? (I note that both you *and* Martin were using it incorrectly). Charlie _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
