2005-11-09

eirias: (Default)
2005-11-09 11:55 am

usage

In writing my prelim exam, I had the occasion to check out a usage site for one distinction I find particularly troublesome, and ran across this gem:

"What if Bob Dylan, in a fit of zeal for correctness, had written 'Lie, Lady, Lie/Lie across my big brass bed?' Somehow it’s hard to imagine the lady sticking around."