"Harold Walker" wrote in message
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"BAC" wrote in message
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"Harold Walker" wrote in message
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
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But he wrote that circa 1950, and, lately, I have noticed the
additional
s
creeping into wider usage. Hence my original question as to what
currently
constitutes 'most favoured practice'.

The trouble is with 'most favoured practice', it's subjective.

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Rusty
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All this banter re the correct or incorrect usage of the English
language
leaves me with but a single thought at my young age of 80.....I am far
less
concerned with what is correct or incorrect than I am with......"Am I
being
understood".....H



Weren't you the person extolling the virtues of creating the 'right'
impression by communicating in the manner preferred by (or appropriate
to)
the target audience?


Precisely............I am better understood in France by speaking French
and
in Birmingham among the 'Brummies' speaking 'Brummy'.....H



And, on a primarily UK newsgroup, something approaching 'standard English'
is most likely to be understood by the widest audience, IMO.