I suppose, as in matters of internet deportment, civility, we must also accept the burden of maintaining the standard for English usage, global English usage. It is a grim and dreary business, but I must admit it is our responsibility.
Fred > Fred Bauder wrote: >>> For a change, something on English usage. A trawl through some usage >>> books tells me nothing much about "most well known", which I'm >>> convinced >>> is a solecism, and should be "best-known". The hyphenation I think is >>> standard anyway. Sadly Google believes there are 11,000 instances for >>> "most well known" on enWP, and I'd prefer none to be in article space. >>> >>> Charles >>> >> >> Well, both expressions, both with and without hyphen, seem to be in >> general use. Now that you've mentioned it, I can't recall which of the >> four possibilities I habitually use. Right now "best known" seems best, >> but I wouldn't waste one second changing a most well known into a best >> known. >> > Ah ... I would. How about "much more well known", versus "better-known", > because our general style tends to understatement? Anyway I have been > zapping those. Any such trawl finds other problems to fix. > > Charles > > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
