On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:48:13 -0700, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>However, language has been degrading forever.

I would contend that language has been *evolving* forever.

New features appear from time to time.  Those that are useful are
retained.  Old features that lose their usefulness fall from use
and are eventually fortgotten.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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