a joke about two pere ubuists

Cyrus cyrusgeo at netscape.net
Fri Mar 7 17:56:38 CST 2003



Malignd wrote:

>
>Cyrus:
>
><<Rules are but a tool by which to examine how
>language works.>>
>
>This is false but, even were it true, it would yet be
>a good reason to maintain rules.
>  
>
I guess it's a matter of POV. In any case, rules are useful. As long as 
they're not stifling or out-of-date.

Cyrus




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