> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 10:31:27 GMT, UpNorthBob wrote
[...]
> > This group is
> > like most of the other ones in which I have tried to
> > participate - patronized by a few regulars who banter back
> > and forth. As soon as a new person comes in with some
> > question or observation, we get nothing but smart-ass
> > comments. Sorry to invade your personal domain.
> Sorry you feel that way.  Your original post displayed what can often
> ben seen in this group:  a new person comes in and, by means of a
> loaded question, displays a hackneyed and under-researched view of
> English usage.

> So let's return to your original post.
[...]
>         It's getting increasingly frustrating to hear professional
>         (supposedly) speakers utter sentences such as, "He's a
>         person THAT will work LESS hours for a smaller AMOUNT of
>         dollars."
> Ah:  I think that can probably be taken to imply that you feel that
> these are "incorrect" usages, whilst the words you prefer are the
> "correct" ones.  That's more like parading an ill-informed prejudice
> rather than asking a question or offering an observation.

> If -- prior to jumping in with both feet -- you'd cared to spend a
> little time perusing the archive of this group and the FAQ pages of
> alt.usage.english, you'd find that many posters here do not consider
> such changes to be indicative of a decline in either linguistic or
> general educational standards.

>         Also has the term "stricter" always been used rather than
>         "more strict?"

> Probably.  It's certainly the single most common method of forming a
> comparative;  if it gets used often enough it will qualify as becomes
> standard" English.