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This has been an enjoyable collection of letters to read, probably because the topic is not one of deep personal pain as are so many. My favourite: carlrennie lecturing FredRated on the incorrect use of "steep learning curve". I checked the link, and as FredRated points out in his reply, the steep learning curve is indeed the progress of learning (y axis) over progress of time (x axis) and the word steep refers to the shape of the curve and not any difficulty in acquiring the learning.
When we have words clearly stated on a page and people can read them so very differently, then one has to marvel not at the degree of miscommunication, but at the high level of communication that we seem to achieve!
It is ironic, too, that idioms and expressions are being picked over by so many writers in a country with such gratingly incorrect use of adverbs!
