Today promises to be a frazzler, and anyway, all I have at the moment is this:
- When we speak of whether a thing is legal, we are discussing its legality.
- When we say that a man is frugal, we are noting his frugality.
- And when we describe a condition as normal...
Hint, hint! It’s not “normalcy.”
(Warren G. Harding was a better president than many suppose, but as a speaker of English...well, he was a much better president.)
I’ll probably be back later with something more substantial.
Warren G. Harding, spiritual godfather to Dubbya in so many ways, and their joint tortures of their mother tongue, is a dual biography just waiting to be penned.
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