Hmmm.

Stephen Fry's fabulously articulate rant below (of course it's fabulously articulate, it's Stephen Fry) puts forth a number of strongly held opinions about the need for and uses of rules of grammar. I agree fervently with some of them; I disagree just as fervently with others. But the fundamental point — that it's not a question of "correct" grammar, syntax, and diction so much as a question of appropriate language styles for particular situations — is one that bears repeating. If you listen to the clip below, you will hear it repeated, only by Stephen Fry, not me. And that's worth something in itself.



Thanks to my friend Theresa for pointing me to this clip!