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Originally Posted by Richard Meyer
Furthermore, the "it sounds right" argument advanced by some is really silly. An awful lot of poor speaking and poor writing "sounds right" because of long and incorrect usage. And just as silly is taking a vote on the matter. If writers break a standard rule of grammar and usage, they should do so by choice and for a purpose, not by accident or ignorance.
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Usage changes and evolves. If it is "long" enough it ceases to be "incorrect." I know, I know, that is a point of controversy, but I think the "it sounds good" ("good" by the way, not necessarily "right") is valid if (a) there is enough wiggle room, even a teensy bit, AND (b) it is poetry.
David R.