Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to Mortar M.:
/to table/ occurs a lot in civilised English usage
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By /civilised/ I mean, of course, the use of English at a time
when only select few
| Hmm. I'd say "a select few" or "the select few" in this context
had a chance to preserve their writings, unlike our modern
barbaric age, when publishing one's text is no longer a hard-
earned privilege, so that any teenager generates publicly
readable noise at deafening levels.
Yes. As a former junior high school teacher I wonder how some people managed to pass grade eight English. OTOH I can't be sure they did.... :-))
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