Paul Rudin <paul.nos...@rudin.co.uk>: > Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> writes: >> Your brain's grammar engine will give you the correct answer. It may >> not match your English teacher's answer, but the language we are >> talking about is not standard English but the dialect you have >> acquired in childhood. > > Aha - the Humpty Dumpty approach to English usage: "When I use a word > it means just what I choose it to mean..."
Yes, and your Humpty Dumpty brain is stringent about the proper usage. Your brain happens to be highly aligned with those of your childhood friends. Your communal dialect has thousands of rigorous rules, only you couldn't make a complete list of them. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
