TheDoctor - 9:12 pm on Jan 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

English is my second language. I make an effort to use it correctly. I don't see why native speakers can't.

Correct English is what native speakers of English speak. That's the definition of correct English. Everything else is just somebody imposing rules from outside.

The same goes for correct Hungarian, correct Bengali, etc.

Actually, when you think of it, since every language contains a multiplicity of dialects, then there must be more than one "correct" English, Hungarian, Bengali, etc.

I suppose one of my pet peeves is people trying to impose invented rules on languages, instead of trying, scientifically, to discover what the real rules are.