The number of quantity

Each one of us has his own faults and shortcomings.

However, those are most of the time limited to a single field or domain in which we still pretend to have some expertise.

It seems obvious to those really knowing said field that others should humble down and be quiet about disciplines they know little about.

You are the first to claim such.

I can see that many A2Kers sometimes offer advice and views that defy simple logic, reasoning and, above all, knowledge.

As they are also good in other fields, I pass on that.

But Dale (and in a less measure OMSig) is the archetype of a shallow character that knows nothing about nothing.

Nonetheless, he still pretends to give advice, which is, in most cases, useless or even dangerous.

I do not intervene in matters of English language, as you seem to suppose I do.

It would be presumptuous as I'm not a native speaker.

On the other hand, I believe my other fields of expertise can be of some help on A2K.

I like helping people, don't you?

You are, to speak frankly, but with great generosity, simply full of ****, McTag.

But Dale…... knows nothing about nothing.

Nonetheless…...useless or even dangerous.

I like helping people, don't you?

It seems obvious to those really knowing said field that others should humble down and be quiet about disciplines they know little about.

You are the first to claim such.

I can see that many A2Kers sometimes offer advice and views that defy simple logic, reasoning and, above all, knowledge.

As they are also good in other fields, I pass on that.

I do not intervene in matters of English language, as you seem to suppose I do.

It would be presumptuous as I'm not a native speaker.

You're McTag.

Unless you have someone write your posts, I'd say that you are eminently qualified to offer opinions on the English language.

Aha. This from the academic who is fond of accusing others of diversionary tactics.

Your lack of grasp of a basic of the language, your use of my patented McTag evasion and your glaring grammatical error are duly noted.

Your lack of grasp of a basic of the language, ... and your glaring grammatical error are duly noted.

Point them out and give explanations.

Well, you could argue that the very unreasonableness of the objections to "hopefully" helps make the rule an efficient badge of belonging. No one could simply guess the rule. Somebody who came to "hopefully" armed only with a keen ear for English grammar and style would have no way of knowing that anybody had a problem with it. You can only know about it if you're the sort of person who reads usage guides or who has tea with others who do. It's not enough just to be literate; you have to have pretensions to being one of the literati.

Geoff Nunberg

lying and obfuscation make matters a lot worse.

Man up, can't you?

There was no language issue.