> I'd be interested in hearing from subscribers to this list concerning
> whether you feel this discussion should continue...
I would very much like to see it continue. It has been one of the more
interesting conversations we've had. If there are disagreements, so what?
We are not making up a chemical formula here, in which the ingredients are
critical to the outcome. We are having a discussion.
And I'd like to see any moderation done with a very light hand--for example,
screening out spams and advertisements, not regulating content, unless
content is so far off-topic that there's no sense in it at all--and I don't
think we're near that point now.
Linda Roise
Seattle
(who has had many courses in linguistics in connection with her degree in
English)