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tomos:
^ Okay, that's a different argument. I'm no coder, but also lay no claim to any literary style.

wraith808:
You folks may be genius programmers, but apparently no sense of literary style. What would Shakespeare have said? "Best-known," you may be sure. Ask your local English teacher.
-Tiesenhausen (February 16, 2018, 11:53 AM)
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I'm going to assume that was tongue-in-cheek rather than an ad-hominem statement.  Do you have any references to back up your position?  Because all of the grammar tools that I use in writing don't flag either of them as incorrect.

Tiesenhausen:
I can only say they should, and leave it at that. No, of course, it's a common usage, especially in the last few decades. I'll continue to avoid it.

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