Mid50s single man. Accompanied by baggage (it was once said to me that I have more baggage than Qantas ) which is mostly sorted and repacked. Love words, language, communication and they way they are used. I once thought that a dictionary was the only reliable, unquestionably trustworthy, and constant companion in a never-stop-changing and disillusioned world. Likewise the rules of grammar. Hah. Plus ça change... and so now, I`ve decided to rejoice when language takes yet another step away from the rules and customs that were drummed into me as a schoolboy, instead of griping and getting purse-lipped. I speak/write Australian English, which uses British English as its basis. So, g`day from Straya. ©