On 23/12/2013 6:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> You would "un-man" Shakespeare.;-)
> Well, certainly if he criticized other people's use of the language and
> then made basic grammar errors.
>

That was more Johnson's forte.

I was referring to Cleopatra's love unmanning Anthony.
It is often used as an argument against the criticism of using a noun as 
a verb.

Please Sir! "Shakespeare did it."

> I believe that's called "McKean's Law" (though that may just apply to
> spelling corrections).

Must look that up.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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