Re: History of French

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:36:09 +0200

Richard R. Hershberger writes:

> So, by your logic, were someone to say "To thine own self by true" (to
> pick the first example that springs to mind) you would criticize him
> for being old-fashioned and correct him, pointing out that it should
> be "Be true to yourself."

I might observe that his speech was old-fashioned if asked for an
opinion, but I'd skip the criticism and "correction."

If I were teaching a student, though, I'd be much more rigorous, since
students want to learn English as it is spoken today, and expect some
guidance in that respect.

> I'll bet you are a lot of fun at faculty parties.

I don't go to parties. 

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