[Taxacom] Family names, usage.

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 09:53 AM 2/20/2008, Richard Zander wrote:
>Legislating usage is doomed. Some editors are insisting on plural verbs
>with family names. Editors determine usage. Period.

Exactly.  And as long as none of them insist I change all my plural verbs 
to singular, I care not what others do.  As long as I can be "right," the 
others are free to be "wrong" if they so desire.


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

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