tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post2062140725611179247..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: Auntie is declaring war on...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-42930855783381730622014-11-09T19:14:48.245+00:002014-11-09T19:14:48.245+00:00Slang is surely fairly harmless. Would you conside...Slang is surely fairly harmless. Would you consider waging war on the use of grow as a transitive verb, as in 'to grow the economy'? or, for that matter, merit as an intransitive verb, as in 'we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life'? This solecism is common in the new pseudo-English version of the Mass we are saddled with. In fact it makes far too much of the notion of merit, despite the fact that in relation to God we deserve nothing.Savonarolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547523172291007631noreply@blogger.com