Will, Interesting commentary. I have accepted that I am a grammatical Ludite and bullheaded to boot.

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/29/not_without_our_apostrophes/ Anyone want to change the subject?

smile, chuckle, grin

Well, I do speak 3 other languages, but English is my first and I was born in the USA. I think I am right, so I will speak and write accordingly. One's argument would be more effective if one did not make personal comments and judgments.

I use pled when it is correct and pleaded when it is appropriate. Case closed. You all do what you like. Case closed. Ipso facto & ad infinitum etc. & all that junk. Happy arguing.

sorry, I meant to type ask Mr. Wood...

Do not, under any circumstances as Mr. Wood if he wears a watch unless you want to hear the origins of time from the dark ages to the present. That said, I am enjoying these comments.

D A Wood "Why is it that this Web site has such aggravating problems?" You may mean annoying or exasperating. Aggravate means to make worse.

It is bated breath, not baited breath, unless you refer to a person who has a mouth full of rotten fish.