Sherry Fowler is duking out out in a furious E-mail battle; her citations to the unknown grammarian, Mike O’Sullivan, are not being accepted. Apparently, only the Chicago Manual of Style will do.
Say, what about Fowlers Modern English Usage?
P.S. If you appreciate these kinds of observations, you might want to read this as well.
Thanks! I made the correction.
Hey Ernie. Link hog that I am, I must confess that Sherry was citing to Mike O’Sullivan’s Corp Law Blog not to mine. Cheers, Steve
As I just suggested to Sherry, Morton S. Freeman’s “The Grammatical Lawyer” — https://www.ali-aba.org/aliaba/b217.htm — supports her position, as cited and discussed by George Wallace over at Declarations & Exclusions, https://declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com/weblog/2003/10/betwixt_and_bet.html .
For what it’s worth, and although Aaron Haspel has recently heaped scorn on my writing ability — https://www.godofthemachine.com/archives/00000499.html (I’m keeping a zen-like detachment and not responding)– I’m with George and Sherry on this one.