--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> Don't think that English doesn't have a myriad of rules!
>
> There are two fat books on the regularities of English spelling

(Carney

> [Brit] and Cummings [US]), and just because the educationalists don't
> know about the rules doesn't mean they don't exist!

I do indeed know 'the rules' for English spelling etc. but this is
defintely not worth arguing about.

Suzanne