On Sep 20, 2007, at 2:21 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: > 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).
Heck no. I appreciate the fact that people on this list want things said well, and words used correctly. Neither did this correction. Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
