http://radio.weblogs.com/0001194/categories/grammar/ Copyright 2002 Meryl K. Evans Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:14:55 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 meryl@meryl.net meryl@meryl.net Testing something. Ignore me. <P>Favorite writer, <A href="http://pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/index.htm">Richard Lederer</A>, wishes us a <A href="http://www.vocabula.com/VRJAN02Lederer.htm">Happy Palindromic New Year</A>.</P> Oh, whew! IM chatting and informal email habits are not going to turn me into an illiterate according to <A href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sun_reader/STORY.eb353b7054.b0.af.0.a4.9329a.html">Dr. David Crystal</A>."<!--StartFragment --><SPAN class=vitstorybody><SPAN class=vitstorybody>He sees computer-mediated discourse as the third cardinal event in language." The first is speech, then&nbsp;comes writing, and now Internet-mediated language.</SPAN></SPAN> Monty Pythoner Terry Jones explains "<A href="http://www.daypop.com/redirect?id=10059684">Why grammar is the first casualty of war</A>." Daypop Top 40