My dearest, Eliza,

Thank you. I was beginning to lose hope as my brain melted while scrolling, waiting for someone to point out the need to remember the deeper sentiments of WHY we care about this debate in the first place…and then there you were.

Thank you. For not only did you make that point, but your point made you. It was like a love letter made of silk, written to language itself.

Your Nabokovian demonstration restored something good in me. Not that I have any authority to do so, but I declare you a true master of language.

Sincerely,
Someone

Language is a way to connect to each other and life. And… It can also be art. We are free to play with it. As everyone is doing here.

While the answer to the question, “Which is correct?” is apparently far more debatable than I ever thought possible (I say looking at the years of comments), I think our individual answers to the question, “How do you prefer to speak and why?” are suddenly seeming far juicier in comparison. We’d actually get to know each other.

Also, I’m acknowledging that I’m using some pretty bonkers grammar in this comment. Good night.